Photo above: Looking under the Haymarket Gateway towards the Clock Tower.
Recorded 1540
17th Feb 1570 an indenture by Thomas Worship of Leicester devised to John Heyrick of Leicester for the term of 1000 years a messuage called the White Hart for the annual rent of a rose flower in 1617 Robert Herrick would leave the White Hart in his will to his daughter Doreas.
1740s William Peters victular. 1790 William Dibbin. 1794 William Lesson. 1779 George Ramsden. He had to inform the public that malicious reports that the White Hart was shut up were false. The address given then was Coal Hill, prior to the Haymarket.
1811 George Dibbin victular. c1820s Edward Waghorne, 1840s Lucy Waghorne. 1855 John Handforth. 1864 Thomas Marsdon. 1870 Sarah Carter, Sarah was also listed as owner.
1885 Charles Henwood licensee Samuel Allsopp Brewery now the owner.
1902 John Edward Hobday Brown victular. 1905 Benjamin Jackson. c1909 Thomas Painter.
Harry Wakefield 1930 licensee, Henry Thompson 1931. Digby Compton Whitehead c1932.
The much lamented White Hart, demolished for the Haymarket shopping development.
See TURKS HEAD on more history re the Haymarket.
In 1868, when the Memorial Clock Tower was finished, the White Hart had a Ground floor and 2 floors above. By 1881 a new 3rd floor had been added. Your picture of it with 3 floors above the ground floor circa 1860 is therefore incorrect. It had been extended by 1881.