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Cauliflower, Ilford


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Operator: Independent
553 High Road, Ilford, IG1 1TZ (View on Google Map)
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At risk update:

Closed in 2018 after a fire. Planning consent granted in 2023 for refurbishment and internal alterations. Work began, then ceased, and the property is currently back on the market, ominously as 'the former Cauliflower public house'.

This Pub is Closed Long Term

Classic 'Gin Palace' pub, reopened late 2014 after restoration, instigated by a young entrepreneur.

Planning Applications (Redbridge):

2312/23 Single storey rear and part two storey side extensions. Use of basement as a late-night bar. Conversion of second and third floors to contain 5no. self-contained (1 x 1, 3 x 2 and 1 x 3 bedrooms) flats with associated cycle and waste/refuse storage. Refurbishment works to building and roof. Internal alterations. Approved 17 Oct 2023

Information for this venue is provided by the South West Essex Branch of CAMRA
Previous Names
Local Authority
Redbridge
Last updated
05/01/2025
Last surveyed
05/12/2015
Leasehold owner
unknown
Freehold owner
Revensdale Ltd
Pub ID
ESW/10199
Asset of Community Value

Two star - A pub interior of very special national historic interest

Listed status: II

UPDATE MAY 2024  Closed after a fire in 2018, planning consent was granted in 2023 for refurbishment and internal alterations. Work began but then ceased and the property is back on the market, ominously as 'the former Cauliflower public house'.

 

Dating from the great pub boom around 1900 and still has the vestiges of a truly wonderful interior. Immediately by the main entrance is a screen with a wide round arch in a timber and glass surround which provides a subdivision in the front part of the pub. The large servery caters to all parts of the pub. In the middle it has an ornate stillion stretching right up to the high, decorated ceiling and incorporating a built-in clock and a lovely small, glazed-in Publican's Office. The counter carries a couple of brass water dispensers for diluting spirits. The stillion and right-hand side wall of the rear area have splendid etched and polished glass while one of two skylights survives at the rear (though now with horrid modern glass and boarded over).

General information about historic pub interiors

A vast edifice, some way out of the centre, on the main road east out of Ilford. It dates from the great pub boom around 1900 and still has the vestiges of a truly wonderful interior. The imposing frontage is more or less symmetrical and, stylistically, is a revival of architecture from around 1600. The interior has been largely opened out but immediately by the main entrance is a screen with a wide round arch in a timber and glass surround which provides some kind of subdivision in the front part of the pub. The servery is large and caters to all parts of the pub. In the middle it has an ornate stillion stretching right up to the high, decorated ceiling and incorporating a built-in clock and a lovely small, glazed-in Publican's Office.

The counter curves round in an L-shape at the back and carries a couple of brass water dispensers for diluting spirits. The stillion and right-hand side wall of the rear area have splendid etched and polished glass while one of two skylights survives at the rear (though now with horrid modern glass and boarded over). A couple of ‘original’ features that might trick the unwary – the little drinking alcoves on the left have been created out of a former corridor and the bell-pushes at the rear (and indicator box in the stillion) probably date from around 1960-80.
 

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Transport
Close to bus routes
86
Close to London Underground/Overground/DLR (480m)
Seven Kings
Directions
On A118

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