Hind & Hart, Colindale

A really remarkable survivor. This is a purpose-built pub for a Greater London Council housing estate, dating from about 1974. It is virtually exactly as built apart from minor changes like the addition of the bank of fridges in the servery and gaming machines. There is a single drinking space which has a series of seating compartments with upholstered benches – a small section of seating looks to have been removed from the area with the pool table. The servery has a dark brick counter which is divided into three by square, full-height brick piers and a deep wooden top. There is a darts area created by a part glazed partition.The style of decoration, such as the horizontal slats to the seating and some parts of the walls and the orange tiling in the gents', is quintessential 1970s work. The pub seems to have a long-term threat from a full regeneration of the estate. Opens at 3 Mon to Thu.