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The Brick & Tile stood
on Low Street. Local historian, George G. Bonser, describes how “the Vicar
resided at the house in Low Street now known as the Brick and Tile Inn, but
on the death of Mr Hurt, his successor resided at Green-hill Cot.” Mr Hurt
was the Rev. Thomas Hurt, who died in March 1820.
The building first saw use as an Inn in 1822, when James Wilson was license
holder. An Auction was held at the house of Mr Bennet, the Brick and Tile
Inn, on 1st August 1831.
In 1838 it was the point of departure of Thomas Wilsons waggon to Mansfield,
on Wednesdays and Saturdays. In 1851, the census return of occupants that
night included a troop of Comedians.
Richard Barnes, landlord of the Brick and Tile, was charged in October 1877
with “being drunk in King Street, and making use of bad language.” He was
fined £1 and costs, or 14 days in gaol with hard labour.
A sheep was roasted whole in the Inn-yard to celebrate Queen Victoria's
Jubilee in 1887.
In March 1950, George Phillip Gregory, through the Home Brewery Company, was
applying for a provisional transfer of licence from the Brick and Tile to
new premises that were going to be built on Lowmoor Road,
Kirkby-in-Ashfield. The transfer was prompted by the fact that the Brick and
Tile Inn was going to be “demolished when the central development for the
area was put into operation”. The transfer application was granted by the
licencing board, but the property never was demolished.
Some time before 1958 the building was converted to retail use, and was for
many years the premises of Curry's (Electrical Goods). They remained at
least through to 2005. In 2006, a planning application was made to change
the use of the property. Since then the building has been an amusement
arcade. It stands facing the entrance to the Idlewells Shopping Centre. |
