62 and 62A Frogmore Street
About the Building | Recent History | Previous Occupiers | Other Information
| Address: | 62 and 62A Frogmore Street |
| Present Occupier: | Raynor’s Opticians |
| Present Owner: | |
| Ground Floor: | Optician shop & consulting rooms |
| Other Floors: | |
| Date when first used by present occupier: |
About the Building
Rebuilt 1973.
Previously the King David Inn. In August 1897, the pub was offered for sale by auction: on the ground floor, bar, smoke room, tap room, kitchen, scullery, and larder; on the First Floor, Sitting Room and One Bedroom, and on the Second Floor, Landing and Two Bedrooms. At the rear are Yard and Brewhouse…..with stabling for about Twenty Horses ….
Recent History
2000, 1996, 1993: Rayner Opticians
1973- 1980: Rediffusion Wales Ltd/ Rayner Options, owner, Mr Rayner. Ground floor TV showrooms/dispensing optician, other floors: office, stock room, eye Examination rooms.
Previous Occupiers
| Year | Name | Detail | Source |
| Until 1973 | King David Public House | Then demolished and rebuilt | Local Knowledge |
| 1937 | Prop: Ted Bowen | King David Public House | Kelly |
| 1934 | Prop: Ted Bowen | King David Public House | Kelly |
| 1930 | Prop: Ted Bowen | King David Public House | Car/Npt & Dis |
| 1926 | Prop: Ted Bowen | King David Public House | Kelly |
| 1921 | Prop: J S Jones | King David Public House | Kelly |
| 1920 | Prop: J S Jones | King David Public House | Kelly |
| 1914 | Prop: J S Jones | King David Public House | Kelly |
| 1910 | Prop: J S Jones | King David Public House | Kelly |
| 1906 | Prop: Emily Morgan | King David Public House | Kelly |
| 1901 | Prop: Edward Games Morgan | King David Public House | Kelly |
| 1895 | Prop: Edward Games Morgan | King David Public House | Kelly |
| 1891 | Prop: Edward Games Morgan | King David Public House | Kelly |
| 1884 | Prop: Isaac Griffiths | King David Public House | Kelly |
| 1881 | Isaac Griffiths | Innkeeper | Census |
| 1879 | Isaac Griffiths | King David Public House | Thacker |
| 1877 | Harriet Lewis (Freehold) | King David Public House | Owen |
| 1865 | Prop: Mrs Harriet Lewis | King David Public House | Webster |
| 1862 | Prop: Mrs Harriet Lewis | King David Public House | Morris & Co |
| 1858 | Prop: James Skyrm | King David Public House | Slater |
| 1850 | Prop: William Powell | King David Public House | Census |
| 1844 | Prop: William Powell | King David Public House | Slater |
| 1828 | Thomas Jones of Colebrook with the Golden Lion, Prop: D Mosle | King David Public House | Pigot |
| 1791 | Anne Jones | J P records |
Other Information
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