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North (inner) : Magdalen & Pockthorpe

Division 2 : Area 1

Sprowston Road : group 4

. . . 4 pubs in this group . . . 3 still serving.

 Meaning of symbols

Pubs on, or adjacent to, Sprowston Road; but only that part
lying South of Mousehold Heath - a comparatively short stretch.
The upper portion of the road is in Area 3

Listing
Pubs are listed going North, then East along Gertrude Road.
A - B - C   order
Branford Stores : Heath House : Prince of Denmark : Wherry
 
1.     Identity code 93 ^Top^
Branford Stores : Closed NOW   Branford Arms
Brewery Tie : Punch Taverns
        ex-Pubmaster

Punch Taverns logo

    3 Branford Road
    Sprowston Road
    (East side)
    NR3 4QD
Other names :-
(orig.) Branford Bakery
By 1925 : Branford Stores
1997 : Branford Arms		 Classic Tie - S & P
     Mar. 1988 : Brent Walker

General Remarks :-
Beerhouse until Feb. 1925

Closed 15th Jan. 2009
Re-opened 15th Dec. 2009

Closed early-2010 ?

 Aug. 1895
to
2010?

  Picture  25K; 82K

Tel. : 01603 427488

Research :   History 93 Empty
 
2.     Identity code 46 ^Top^ EXTANT PUB   Extant Pub
Wherry : Free House NOW   Fat Cat Brewery Tap
Brewery Tie : None

    98-100 Lawson Road
    (South side)
    Sprowston Road
    (West side)
    NR3 4LF
Other names :-
Beaconsfield Arms (orig.)
Jun. 1974 : Wherry
Wherry Inn (1998)
May 2005 : The Shed
by Sep. 2006 : Cidershed
Feb. 2011 :
        Fat Cat Brewery Tap		 Classic Tie - Lacon's
     1966 : Whitbread
     circa 1991 : Adnam's
     Oct. 2004 : C. Keatley

General Remarks :-
Beerhouse until 1956

Re-built 1973/74

Closed Oct. 2004
to May 2005

Closed during Jan. 2011
re-opened 4th Feb. 2011

CAMRA Good Beer Guide 2012

Shed logo

 June 1901
to
Present		 Tap logo

  Myspace page

  Pub Website

  CAMRAQ LocAle

  Pictures  24K & 36K

  Tel. : 01603 413153
  and 01603 788508 (music)

Brewer :- Research :   History 46 Licence
Fat Cat Brewery : Sep. 2005  (Colin Keatley)
Tel. : 01603 624364
 
3.     Identity code 573 ^Top^ EXTANT PUB   Extant Pub
Prince of Denmark : de facto Free House
Brewery Tie : Scottish & Newcastle
       See Research

    140 Sprowston Road
    (West side)
    NE cnr. Denmark Road
    NR3 4JQ
Other names :-		 Classic Tie - Allsopp & Co.
     (c. 1900)
     Morgan's (c. 1920)
     1961 : Bullards
     (1972 : Courage)
     Spring Inns
     Inntrepreneur 		1839
to
Present		   Pictures  22K; 21K; 54K

Tel. : 07789 917504

Research :   Smith 573 Brewers
 
4.     Identity code 356 ^Top^ EXTANT PUB   Extant Pub
Heath House : Free House
Brewery Tie : None
Owner :
    Malcom McCann (1999)

    99 Gertrude Road
    (South side)
    NR3 4SG
Other names :-		 Classic Tie - S. & P.
     by 1999 : Foster & Mann Ltd. 		June 1936
to
Present		   Open from Midday daily.

  Picture  26K

Tel. : 01603 406417

Research :   History 356 Details
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