Sawyers Arms, Mayfield

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The license refused in 1910, subject to compensation

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Hastings and Bexhill Independent. 05 May 1910
East Sussex Licensing Committee - Eight Licenses refused
The Compensation Authority under the Licensing Act 1904 referred for license refusal by way of compensation.

The Sawyers Arms beerhouse, Mayfield owned by Messrs Page & Overton, Croydon, and the tenant is Samuel Hall.
Sergt Kenward said the Sawyers Arms was situated at the top of a bank about 18 feet above the road and 16 steps led up to it. The premises was formerly two cottages. The road was very little used and practically a farm road.
A private footpath led past the Brewers Arms through the garden to the Sawyers Arms, rendering police supervision difficult.
He felt both licenses could be done away with, and still sufficient facilities for the residents.
Ernest Henry Fuller, architect, said the premises were thoroughly done up two or three years ago.
Samuel Hall had been tenant for 14 years, where no complaint had ben made against it. The average number of persons had been 43 daily during the last two months.
He supplied many good meals, and he could get a good living at the house.
Committee refused the license, subject to compensation.