Late 19th century hotel and public house, White Horse Hotel, 20 North Street, Southminster (EHER 49410)

The White Horse Hotel (formerly the White Horse Public House) comprises the Northern-most building on the Western side of North Street. It is of undetermined construction date. It the late 19th century 1st edition OS map, the building is displayed with a rear wing extending to a parallel range of buildings that collectively enclose a rear courtyard. Much of this was demolished by the 1990s.

The White Horse Public House comprises the Northern-most building on the Western side of North Street. It is of undetermined construction date. The late 19th century 1st edition Ordnance Survey map shows the hotel as the White Horse Public house with a rear wing extending to a parallel range of buildings that collectively enclose a rear courtyard for coaches to enter via an arch, while a detached outbuilding is also present on the Southern edge of the plot. The rear wing appears to have been re-modelled and truncated by the 1920s, with the detached Southern building demolished in the 1950-70s. All the buildings to the rear of the main building appear to have been demolished by the 1990s. The White Horse was one of six public houses depicted in Southminster in the mid/late 19th century, prior to the establishment of the railway, which arrived with the construction of Southminster Railway Station (EHER 40545) about 250m to the East in 1886. <1> <2>