Bricklayers Arms
137 Bartholomew Street, Newbury, RG14 5HB
Trading as Bricklayer's / Bricklayers Arms under Taste The World (from mid-2026).
Status
Open
Location
137 Bartholomew Street, Newbury, RG14 5HB
Type
Pub
Known period
First recorded 1851 · Still open
Photographs
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History
- Opened
- Est. c.1895
- Previous use
- William the Fourth
Estimated dates — why we think this
- 2012renamed to Bricklayers Arms
- 2026Bricklayers Arms still open
Memories
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Evidence
Straightforward historical place-matching case.
probable evidence
Newbury 1965 Pub History Directory
1899 existence observation only. Do not infer opening or closing date.
probable evidence
PubWiki transcription citing Kelly's Directory of Berkshire 1899
Recorded in PubWiki's Newbury 1911 census summary. Treat as a 1911 existence observation; do not infer an opening date.
probable evidence
PubWiki transcription citing 1911 Census
Bricklayers Arms is listed in the Newbury 1960 Kelly's directory transcription.
PubWiki - Newbury 1960 Kelly's directory
Bricklayers Arms is listed in the Newbury 1970 Kelly's directory transcription.
PubWiki - Newbury 1970 Kelly's directory
Historic England has an archive image of the Bricklayers Arms dated 6 October 1999. (Strong late-1990s anchor.)
Historic England - Bricklayers Arms
CAMRA states the town-centre gastropub was launched in 2012; previous names include Bricklayers Arms and Newbury Pub & The Terrace. (Model identity transition, do not erase historic Bricklayers period.)
CAMRA - Bricklayers Arms, Newbury
Name history
Names this site has had over time — tap one to open that record.
Key dates
Opening
First recorded 1899
Closing
Still operating
Evidence years
First recorded 1851 · Still open
Earlier & later
Nearby in 1965
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Sources
- Historic England - Bricklayers Arms
Historic England