The Grosvenor hotel was built by the Wivenhoe and Colchester builder John Eade (who built many of the new 1860s properties in Wivenhoe, including the Live & Let Live and the Park Hotel), on the corner of the then, new Station Road.
The pub belonged initially to the Ipswich brewers Bridges Cuthbert & Co., who became part of the Colchester Brewing Co., thence to Ind Coope. However, in 1955 Ind Coope put it up for sale and it was bought by Tollemache Breweries of Ipswich, later Tolly Cobbold. Closure came circa 1970 but the building still stands, largely unchanged externally.
Wivenhoe pub history index
Residents at this address
1867/Robert Burgess/../../../Post Office
1870/Robert Burgess/../../../Kelly's
1871/Robert Burgess/../../../Post Office
In 1871 at the Grovenor Hotel, High Street Wivenhoe, Lexden
Robert Burgess, Builder aged 30 1841 and born in Great Oakley, Essex
Eliza H Burgess, Wife, Hotel keeper aged 31 and born in Wivenhoe Essex
Annie T Burgess, Daughter aged 5 and born in Wivenhoe Essex
Robert W Burgess, Son aged 3 and born in Wivenhoe Essex
Martha Roe, Cook aged 19 and born in Suffolk
William Blyth, Groom aged 19 and born in Wivenhoe Essex
Sarah A Celey, House maid aged 15 and born in Ardleigh, Essex
1874/John Arthur Frederick Goodwin/Carpenter/../../Post Office
1878/John Arthur Frederick Goodwin/Carpenter/../../Post Office
1881/John A. Goodwin/Carpenter & Publican/31/Wivenhoe, Essex/Census
1881/Lizzie Goodwin/Wife/31/Collingham, Nottingham/Census
1881/Arthur Goodwin/Son/6/Wivenhoe, Essex/Census
1881/William F. Goodwin/Son/4/Wivenhoe, Essex/Census
1881/John Goodwin/Son/3/Wivenhoe, Essex/Census
1881/Edward Goodwin/Son/2/Wivenhoe, Essex/Census
1881/Lizzie M. Goodwin/Daughter/1/Wivenhoe, Essex/Census
1881/Horace Goodwin/Son/1m/Wivenhoe, Essex/Census
1881/Anne Sentent/General Servant/17/Fingringhoe, Essex/Census
1881/Annie Arnold/Nursemaid/14/Woolwich, Kent/Census
1882/John Arthur Frederick Goodwin/Carpenter/../../Kelly's
1886/John Arthur Frederick Goodwin/Carpenter/../../Kelly's
1890/John Arthur Frederick Goodwin/../../../Kelly's
1894/Thomas Tosbell/../../../Kelly's
1895/Thomas Tosbell/../../../Kelly's
1896/C. Horne/Licensee/../../..*
1898/Henry Bow/../../../Kelly's
1899/Henry Bow/../../../Kelly's
1902/Henry Bow/../../../Kelly's
1906/Henry Bow/../../../Kelly's
1908/Henry Bow/../../../Kelly's
1910/James Robins/../../../Kelly's
1912/William Edward Mason/../../../Kelly's
1914/William Edward Mason/../../../Kelly's
1917/William Edward Mason/../../../Kelly's
In 1921 at Grosvenor Hotel, High Street, Wivenhoe
William Mason, Publican aged 61 and born in Wivenhoe, Essex
Ann Mason, Wife aged 61 and born in Wivenhoe, Essex
Edward Cuthbert, Son-in-law, Boat Builder, Cox & King Out Of Work aged 38 and born in Wivenhoe, Essex
Constance Cuthbert, Daughter aged 37 and born in Wivenhoe, Essex
Bernard Cuthbert, Grandson aged 13 and born in Wivenhoe, Essex
1922/William Edward Mason/../../../Kelly's
1925/Edward Bishop/../../../Kelly's
1929/Edward Bishop/../../../Kelly's
1933/Henry Edward Bishop/../../../Kelly's
1937/Charles B. Davis/../../../Kelly's
* Provided by Terry Garland