Custom House Quay

At various times it was described as a tavern, an inn and a hotel. It stood on the corner of a passage leading to Strond Street. Prior to world war two it was always known as the "Pavilion Bars".

At the latter end it was in possession of Watney, Combe and Reid. It was demolished in January 1950 for quayside improvements. The licence was then transferred to the "Trocadero Bars" in 1953.

LICENSEE LIST

DRAKE John Thomas 1858 (dec'd 1872)

DRAKE W. 1872

DRAKE John 1874-89+

SOUTER Edwin 1893-95

CLEMENTS S 1895

COOMBER William 1897

RAWLINGS Thomas John 1898-99 (Pavilion Hotel)

FIRBY A. J. 1898 end ?

MINOLETTI Luigi Ambrogio 1899-1907 end (Pavilion Hotel)

MARSH W. J. 1907-09 end (Pavilion Hotel)

FORDYCE Mary Ann Elizabeth 1910

MARTIN Robert or T. 1910 end

CUNNINGTON Mrs Mary A. E. 1911 end

MAYNARD Henry R. 1911-13 end

WURZ Henry William 1913 (Pavilion Tavern)

DIXON W. C. A 1914

GATEHOUSE Alfred 1920

WHITNALL R. 1922-24+

SMITH Charles Stephen 1930

PEARCE Charles Stephen 1930-32+

BRISCOE James B. 1938

From Melville's Directory 1858

From the Post Office Directory 1874

From the Post Office Directory 1882

From Pikes Dover Blue Book 1889

From Pikes Dover Blue Book 1895

From the Kelley's Directory 1899

From the Post Office Directory 1903

From the Post Office Directory 1913

From the Post Office Directory 1922

From Pikes Dover Blue Book 1923

From Pikes Dover Blue Book 1924

From the Post Office Directory 1930

From Pikes Dover Blue Book 1932-33

From the Post Office Directory 1938