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Samuel Smith pub
upmarket and popular friendly Samuel Smith pub next to Anerley station, but sadly one of those that does not sell their cask beer. Completely refurbished when Samuel Smith took on this pub, this retains an impressive period-style interior with a large bar area containing various sections along along with a second room for darts and pool. The latter has the entrance to the secluded back paved garden. There is a lot of dark wood panelling, etched glass, old local photos and maroon leather banquettes along with the coloured glass shelf above the bar.
Historic Interest
Originally opened in 1841 as the Anerley Hotel, this served as tea rooms for the adjacent Anerley Gardens, once a popular attraction until it closed in 1868 and which contained a section of the redundant Croydon Canal. Anerley station opened in 1839 with the coming of the railway that replaced the canal - the name being taken from Anerly Lodge, the home of Scottish silk manufacturer William Sanderson ("anerly" meaning solitary or lonely). The hotel was originally built as a Swiss-style chalet and rebuilt sometime in the 1870s as a large imposing winged structure with its current name. The course of the old canal would have run at the front of the premises on the level course of Ridsdale Road, all traces now gone following the housing development of the area in the 1860s.
Following a gas explosion in 1978, the badly damaged pub was sold by Charrington's to Samuel Smith's in 1979. Restoration work was then undertaken using traditional materials to restore the interior back to its Victorian appearance.
The pub also features in a Sherlock Holmes short story "The Adventure of the Norwood Builder".
Anerley Arms, Anerley
Lunchtime Meals
Garden
Family Friendly
Events
Games
Smoking
Quiet
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