Brewhouse was the description given to the building standing on the site of "The William IV" at the time of the Tithe Apportionment in 1840. The land was owned by John PERKINS esq. of Pendell Court. At this time John PERKINS owned a total of 655 acres 3 roods and 22 poles of land in Bletchingley including on this site, the Brewhouse. Street Farm House and Buildings together with the Garden need the Beer shop, located to the south. He also owned the land to the west called "The Cricketing Field", 2 acres 3 roods and 22 poles, used as pasture by the occupier Russell MARTINGALE. To the north of the property land was owned by John WALKER but occupied by Martin CRUST as an orchard at a rent of 3/=d.

Besides being the owner of the propert the Tithe Apportionment shows John PERKINS as the occupier of the Beer House, but as he was shown "of Pendell Court" it would seem likely that someone else was actually living in the premises. Perhaps John PERKINS was registered as the Licensee, hence the confusion.

It was as a Licensed House and "Beer House" that the "William IV" was included in the 1892 return to the "Several Petty Sessional Division". The property was shown to be in Merstham Lane, 1/2 mile from "The Red Lion" in the High Street and 2 1/2 miles from "The Spotted Cow" in Warwick Wood. Other Bletchingley Inns were "The White Hart" in the centre of the High Steet, "The Bell" at Outwood Common and "The Plough" in the High Street.

The premises were fully licenced and owned by George William BRADLEY of Epsom. It was tied to a brewery, that of BRADLEY & Co., Epsom. The licensee was George ZEAL and he lived in the premises.

Travellers and persons requiring refreshment other than drink were offered dinners etc., and there was the provision of rooms for four lodgers, as well as stabling for the same number of horses. The character of the "person frequenting the house was described as "the labouring classes"

"Fully Licensed Houses, Beer Houses & Co" was the heading of the 1904 return to the "Several Petty Sessional Divisional & Boroughs". For "The William IV", Merstham Lane, details were provided by the 31st December 1903 to Godstone Petty Sessions Division that the fully licensed property was assessed for Poor Rates at £25.10s gross on a rateable value of £21.10s.

The nearest licensed houses were 1/2 and 1/4 of a mile away, the first was probably still "The Red Lion" and it would seem that the nearer one was "The Prince Albert" in the High Street. "The Spotted Cow", "The White Hart" and "The Bell" were still listed. In addition, as well as "The Prince Albert", The Plough", "The Cottage of Content" and "The Three Tuns" all in the High Street, and "The Fox and Hounds" in Union Lane was also shown as Bletchingley Inns.

The owner of "The William IV" was still George William BRADLEY of Epsom and it was still tied to the same Brewery, BRADLEY and Co, Epsom. However the licensee living on the premises had changed and was now Henry HOLLAND. Refreshments other than intoxicants were offered, but although the property was described as "Sanitary", there was only one bedroom offered to guests, and stabling for horses was no longer provided. The "Nature of Trade" was described as "Working Class".