JOLLY SAILORS - BURNHAM OVERY STAITHE

8th June 1878 - Lot No. 51 in sale of Bircham & Sons Reepham Brewery.
Then let to W J Johnson at an annual rent of £25.
The property was described :-
Containing; Parlour, Bar, Wash House & Upland Cellar, Tap Room & Parlour, Club Room, 5 Bedrooms; The house foreground has a Lockup Coach House, Stable & Loose Box with Loft over & Hay Room; Also Large Room (Used as a Ginger Beer Factory) & a Cottage with garden adjoining; Straw Yard & Piggery & about an acre of land in the rear - Freehold.

Offered To Let, 10th and 25th July 1896 with immediate possession.
Full licence and with One Acre of Land.
Apply to Bullard & Sons Ltd., Brewers, Norwich.

At the Kings Lynn Compensation Authority Meeting on Tuesday 9th July 1907, licence renewal was opposed on the grounds of redundancy and that the other houses in the parish were in better structural and sanitary condition.
The magistrates had visited the house and found it presenting a poverty stricken appearance. The house was not structurally sound and the trade was going down, it was picturesque and artistically attractive, but not required for practical purposes. It was said that Bullards were not prepared to put the house in order. The brewers however said that they had obtained an estimate for repairs and were prepared to spend £64 on structural alterations.
License Thomas Farrow said he left his wife to manage the house during the day. The trade was a little over half a barrel a week and no spirits were sold. Trade in the summer was three times that in the winter.
The Bullards representative confirmed that yearly trade was about 25 barrels a year.
Licence renewal refused.

The house was referred to Compensation 18th January 1908 under the act of 1904.