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This Pub is Closed Long Term
Splendid-looking pub, both out and in. Ex-Courage, Inntrepreneur, Unique, now owned by Enterprise Inns but sadly closed and on the market since 2012. Grand three-storey building, Grade 2 Listed, with stone trims, a corner turret, fancy wrought iron where the sign used to be, granite ground floor. Very spacious inside, the corner bar connects through to what used to be a separate room round the corner. Fantastic interior, but a bit in need of TLC. Period features include the high plaster-moulded ceiling, skylight, three black columns with gilt capitals, some etched glass, glazed cupboard on the bar, old carved wood bar-back with mock-Jacobean styling, original fireplaces.
Historic Interest
Grade II listing:- Public House 1902. On corner of High Street North. Henry Poston and W E Trent (see foundation stone). Free Classical. Corner site. Red brick and painted stone stucco. Red and grey polished granite to pilastered ground storey. Slated mansard roof. Two and a half storeys. Bowed central entrance to High Street North, with scrolly broken pediment to first floor and cherubs set within. Octagonal corner tower, with dome and spire. Paired attic windows with central chimney stacks. Oriel to right on Romford Road, with octagonal turret and tented spire.
Two star - A pub interior of very special national historic interest
Listed status: II
UPDATE MAY 2024 Planning approval was granted in December 2018 for alterations to this long-closed pub which would see a pub/restaurant retained on the ground floor with nine flats above - but no work has since been carried out. The building has seen some use by the Council for temporary accommodation.
Edwardian corner pub of 1902 by architects W E Trent and Henry Poston, retaining three distinct areas gathered round a central servery. The large room fronting High Street North is split by a timber and glass screen but originally it would have been further subdivided. The least-altered part is the private bar off Romford Road and although not in pub use retains its fittings, even down to a glazed display cabinet. The large area behind it was probably a billiards room. The original servery fittings include an unusual bar-back with sub-Jacobean detail, built-in clock and mirrored panels. There is also good ceiling decoration, a little etched glass and three very striking fireplaces.
An imposing Edwardian corner pub of 1902 by architects W E Trent and Henry Poston for one Joseph Hill. It is a lavish architectural display with a corner turret and a couple of first floor balconies. Though rather dilapidated, it retains three distinct areas gathered round a central servery. The large room fronting High Street North is split by a timber and glass screen but originally it would have been further subdivided – see the multiple doors from the rather grand, mosaic-floored entrance and the changes in bar counter design.
The least-altered part is the delightful private bar off Romford Road – currently used for storage but retaining its fittings, even down to a glazed display cabinet. Behind comes a large, dark area, probably once a billiard room, with a blocked skylight and deep cornice. The original servery fittings include an unusual bar-back with sub-Jacobean detail, built-in clock and mirrored panels. There is also good ceiling decoration, a little etched glass and three very striking fireplaces. These latter break with the tradition of ornate Victorian or Edwardian work and their clean lines would not be out of place in a building 25 years later.
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