Jolly Maltman

This building has been demolished

This beer house was situated on the south side of the High Street at No. 64 near to St Mary's church. In the 1891 Census it was referred to as the Jolly Maltman. William Dore, a widower, was the beer retailer living on the premises with his daughter Leah Jane, described as a servant, and his son George who was a potman. There were also four lodgers, all working men, living on the premises on census night.

This photograph, taken in the 1890s, shows a busy Mortlake High Street with the sign for the Jolly Maltman on the right.

The 1901 Census records John Stanley as the licenced beer retailer. John was originally from Birmingham and living on the premises with his wife Sarah and their four children, Esther, John, Charles and George. There were also eight boarders, all working men, resident there on census night.

The 1914 Valuation describes the building as being very old and on three floors with two rooms on each floor. There were serving bars on the ground floor. However, the licence to sell beer had, according to the valuation, gone in 1909 and it was not therefore referred to as the Jolly Maltman. However, as early as the 1901 Census and Kelly's 1898 Directory the building was simply described as a beer house at No. 64 High Street.