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A bit tucked away near Putney Bridge tube station, hence close to Putney Bridge and a good base on boat race day and may be very busy on football match days when plastic glasses are used. Home-cooked food; the Sunday roasts here have picked up some very good reviews.
The two regular ales are banker brands but the two changing ones often include interesting and unusual choices. The alcohol licence allows sale from 10am.
Historic Interest
This building dating from the 18th century is the oldest surviving tavern in Fulham. Licensed in 1629 as the Blue Anchor, it progressively changed its name over the following century to the Anchor, The Anchor and Eight Bells and finally the Eight Bells by c1754. It was during one of these name changes that it was rebuilt.
Late Victorian brick building of three storeys with wooden ground floor frontage and a narrow strip of dark green glazed brick on the left (as per Harlequin WC1). From old photos, this was possibly a Helmore & Brandon’s Putney Brewery pub – a brewery that in 1884 changed into the name of A J Brandon only (from the London Gazette) and became Brandon’s Putney Brewery Ltd.; acquired by Mann, Crossman & Paulin Ltd. in 1920 – the brewery closed in 1949.
Inside is a U-shaped single room. Two doors in use and signs of a third in the middle so likely layout of two bars and off sales in the middle. Has fielded paneling in light oak to picture frame height. It has an almost horseshoe-shaped bar counter with a frontage of narrow vertical planks that are pointed at the bottom. The pub may have been subject to an inter-war refit by Mann, Crossman & Paulin Ltd. (The bar counter is similar to that at the Harlequin, Finsbury). On the far left is a 1930s brick fireplace. Good settles on the right and high-backed benches but likely to be more modern than old.
There is a separate counter on the rear right in the same style with an open kitchen behind it so possibly changes here.
Late Victorian brick building of three storeys with wooden ground floor frontage and a narrow strip of dark green glazed brick on the left (as per Harlequin WC1). From old photos, this was possibly a Helmore & Brandon’s Putney Brewery pub – a brewery that in 1884 changed into the name of A J Brandon only (from the London Gazette) and became Brandon’s Putney Brewery Ltd.; acquired by Mann, Crossman & Paulin Ltd. in 1920 – the brewery closed in 1949.
Inside is a U-shaped single room. Two doors in use and signs of a third in the middle so likely layout of two bars and off sales in the middle. Has fielded paneling in light oak to picture frame height. It has an almost horseshoe-shaped bar counter with a frontage of narrow vertical planks that are pointed at the bottom. The pub may have been subject to an inter-war refit by Mann, Crossman & Paulin Ltd. (The bar counter is similar to that at the Harlequin, Finsbury). On the far left is a 1930s brick fireplace. Good settles on the right and high-backed benches but likely to be more modern than old.
There is a separate counter on the rear right in the same style with an open kitchen behind it so possibly changes here.
This Pub serves 2 changing beers and 2 regular beers.
Eight Bells, Fulham
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.jpg "Fireplace in Left Hand Side. by Michael Schouten. Published on")
.jpg "Left Hand Side. by Michael Schouten. Published on")