St. Martin's brewery offered a short leasehold for sale,
by auction, in October 1794 and probably again
in July 1797.

Ownership is thought to have passed to
S. & P. Brewery then or sometime later.
S. & P. were officially listed in 1845.

Eventually a private owner, J. B. Coaks
assumed ownership.

By 1872 George May of Ber Street had become owner.

By 1914 Morgan's Brewery held the brewery tie,
and had purchased the property by 1927.

Morgan's Brewery added a single-storey extension,
to the South - with a flat roof - in 1937.

This roof was convenient for the gable-end mural;
details of which (c. 1937) are under Moray Smith.

All this activity was the occasion/excuse to drop
the original pubname in favour of an antique
spelling of the name of the former gates,
depicted by the artist.

Bullard's Brewery took over from Morgan's in 1961.

St. Martin's brewery offered the pub for sale,
by auction, in October 1794 and July 1797.
However the property remained with George Morse.

The landlord in 1806 was described as a Publican
(i.e. full-timer); which was fairly unusual,
and denotes a rather important house.

The pub was recorded in 1890 as also a
'general posting establishment'.

A remarkable series of licensees in the Miles family
began on 10th October 1905 with Robert William.
Equally remarkable was his death only 3 months later.
Widow Hannah served from 16th January 1906 until
5th April 1922; when her son, also Robert William,
took over - for 28 years !

His brother, George Charles, succeeded as late as
14th February 1950. Undaunted, Agnes Miles
presided from 10th June 1959 to 11th October 1960.

For some odd reason, by 1867 the
freehold was held by the City Council.
S. & P. Brewery acquired the premises in
September 1932, in a swap deal with the
Black Prince and Waterloo pubs
in St. Peter Mancroft parish.

Three other pubs passed to S. & P.
in this manner : 4 for the price of 2.
This was done to enable the construction
of the new City Hall.

J. Downing was the landlord listed in 1806
in the Alehouse Recognizances.

He was described as a Publican (i.e. full-timer);
which was fairly unusual, and denotes a
rather important house.

He was listed again in 1811,
but by 1822 his widow had taken over.

By 1830 William Richard Youngs was the new
landlord, but he had been replaced by 1845.

The freehold was held by the City Council,
owing to the very close proximity of the house
to the old City Walls.

The pub closed, under the Compensation Act,
on 31st December 1930.

A photographic record c. 1912 can be found in :
STANDLEY, Philip :
Norwich - in old postcards, Volume 1, page 37.

The Norwich Society Survey of 1986 quotes a date
for the building in the 1930s. As the pub was
re-built by 1965 this is either in error or refers to
an earlier re-building; which also seems unlikely.

The entire area to the South and West of
St. John de Sepulchre church was redeveloped
in the 1960s; mainly for Council housing.
The original pub was probably sacrificed at the time.

A photographic record (old pub) can be found in :
YOUNG, John Riddington :
The Inns & Taverns of Old Norwich, page 89.

Also for 1908 in STANDLEY, Philip :
Norwich - in old postcards, Volume 2, page 110.