Below is a map showing nos 162 & 163 in red and blue respectively. At that time there were many pubs and beerhouses, partly because for many that was the only source of entertainment (if they could afford it and often if they couldn't) The cost of a beerhouse licence , and the restrictions on having one, were much less than for a pub with a full licence. Beerhouses were originally introduced in an effort to reduce the consumption of spirits, the thought being that ease of getting a licence and , hopefully, low cost of the beer, which was then often brewed on the premises by the licensee, would reduce the attraction of the "gin palaces". this did work to a certain extent. They were often set up in just the front room of houses, though certainly by the time of the map below the building would seem to be larger than a typical house in the street, and the fact that they lived in a separate building would support it being much more than just a front room by that time