In the 1891 Cheltenham Post Office directory the address of the Gladstone Arms is given as 34 Sherborne Street. It was located on the southern corner of York Street.
William Sadler Hall was the owner of the Gladstone Arms in 1891 and 1903. Designated as a beer house it had an annual rateable value of £15.5s.0d. in 1891, increasing by £1.15s to £17.0s.0d. in 1903.
Gloucstershire Chronicle, Saturday 23rd July 1904 – Highly important sale of Brewery and Licensed Houses: Bruton, Knowles, and Co. are instructed by W. Sadler Hall, Esq, to sell by auction at the Bell Hotel, Gloucester,on Wednesday, the 27th July, 1904, at two for three o’clock. The old-established and well-known Brewery known as the CRANHAM BREWERY, with the Malt-houses, Dwelling-house, and Pasture Field attached thereto; and also the following valuable Licensed Houses:
Thr Royal William, Cranham
The Cross Hands Inn, Brockworth
The Crown & Cushion Hotel, Bath Road, Cheltenham
The Sandford Inn, Sandford Street, Cheltenham
The Five Alls Inn, Bath Road, Cheltenham
The Gladstone Inn, Sherborne Street, Cheltenham
The Apple Tree Inn, Russell Street, Cheltenham
The Duke of Wellington Inn, Tredworth, Gloucester
Futher particulars may be had of Mr Frank Treasure, Solicitor, St John’s Chambers, Gloucester; or the Auctioneers, Albion Chambers. Gloucester.
Godsell’s & Sons of Salmon Springs, Stroud, later acquired the brewery and the pubs.
The Gladstone Arms closed in 1968. It is now a private residence.
Landlords of the Gladstone Arms include:
1870 Mrs Mary Stone
1872-3 Mary Stone (Royal Directories)
1876 Mrs Susan E. Stone (Royal Directory)
1878 Gregory and Lawson
1880-1 Gregory and Lawson (Royal Directories)
1883-4 Eli Merrett (Post Office Directories)
1891 Eli Merrett
1902-1904 and 1911 J. Hounslow (Built-Leonard Directories)
1903 John Hounslow
1926 & 1927 (Kelly’s) Thos. Richd. (Thomas Richard) Embrey “beer retailer” at 53 Sherborne Street as it was then numbered (shows York Street intervenes right after)