From at least 1861 to 1911, the licence of the Tyre Hill Inn, opposite the Tyre Hill estate on Welland Road in the north of the parish (see map), was held by the Vivian family. In the census returns John Vivian described himself as publican or innkeeper and bricklayer. Following his death in 1889, his widow Elizabeth took over and then one of their sons, Andrew.

The Vivians had moved by June 1912 when the Evesham Standard newspaper reported that the landlord of the Tyre Hill Inn, William Morris, had been accused by two police officers of being drunk in his own pub. He was acquitted by the helpful evidence of several customers, but a month later a notice appeared in the Standard that the licence had been transferred to William Hinton.

The 1928 Kelly’s Directory listed William Smith as proprietor and the postcard shown here dates from his time. The lettering on the gable wall reads ‘Lewis, Clarke & Co’, which was the name of a Worcester brewery.

In June 1938 Worcestershire Licensing Committee heard that Mrs Annie Elizabeth Smith, widow (presumably of William), held the licence at Tyre Hill but was referring it for compensation, i.e. she was prepared to close the pub in return for a payment. She reported that average trade was £15 per week and the premises were in a bad state of repair. It was probably at this time that it ceased to be a public house as it is not listed in the 1939 National Register.

It is a private residence today.