Coach & Horses, Beckenham

Dating from the 18th C, this was established sometime in the 1850s as a beer-house and frequented by domestic staff and servants working at nearby private homes and estates, including the former Kelsey Manor. Located on Burnhill Road, which once formed part of an old country track called Love Lane leading to Wickham Road, and near to the former Fair Field which was home to the annual fair until the 1850s and used for playing cricket until workers cottages were built over in the 1870s. The beer-house later became a Courage tied pub and had a extended frontage which was removed sometime in the 1970s, increasing the size of the front patio area. Grade II listed in 1973 by Historic England: "C18. 2 storeys with dormers. Pebble-dash. Slate mansard roof. 3 windows. 1 with glazing bars intact. 2 dormers. Modern extension conceals ground floor front." A drawing of the pub was made in 1942 by artist E.M. Clark as part of the "Recording the changing face of Britain" scheme set up by the Committee for the Employment of Artists in Wartime and now currently resides in the V & A Museum.