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This Victorian pub stands between Stoke Newington, Finsbury Park and Manor House, just a couple of hundred yards from the North West entrance to Clissold Park. It re-opened in early August 2011, and is run by the same family who run the Rose and Crown and Jolly Butchers (both in N16) and the Wrestlers in Highgate. This saw the introduction of cask beers and ciders and an imaginative food offering served from an open kitchen, full details of which can be found on their website.
The first floor has been opened up to provide a lounge and there's a large beer garden together with outside seating on the street. There are some very impressive brewery mirrors including a Bass one built into an ornate wooden fireplace, together with some nice etched glass features. Closest tube - Manor House about 10 minute walk or take 141/341 bus. Bus 106 passes by to get to Stoke Newington/Finsbury Park station.
Note - payment by card only, no cash.
Historic Interest
Locally listed 2018
Probably built 1864 (landlord list on pubology goes back to that date). Three-storey ex-Wenlock Brewery Victorian pub of London brick with larvikite on the ground floor and with good carved plasterwork decoration in the spandrels. Old photos show Wenlock and Bass signage on external walls. Locally listed in Hackney as a Victorian public house. An old, undated plan appears to show two bars – a saloon and a public bar – on either side of a central staircase, rather than the layout described below. No information exists about when this layout was modified, but reports suggest a substantial refurbishment in 2010-11 when some (further?) opening up seems to have taken place.
The pub has five original doors, but only one is now in use. There is a long bar on the Green Lanes side with a very good vestibule entrance with curved etched-glass windows but a modern tiled floor. The bar counter in this room is old/original with modern panels added and painted grey. The bar back is good featuring an engraved mirror and other plain mirror panels. Parts of the wooden structure may have been replaced relatively recently, but the etched glass is likely to be old. On the right are (rare) two mirror panels where the lower one rises and there is a (non-working) dumb waiter. Good cornice in the main bar. Good wood surround fireplace on the right with excellent mantelpiece with mirrored sections with the main one being an old ‘Bass in Bottle’ mirror. There are two good ceiling roses. There are remnants of former partitions which have been shortened and possibly moved from their original positions. Here, some glass contains transfers and is not genuinely etched. The wide opening on the rear right of the bar leads to a modern, open kitchen.
There is also a wide opening between the main bar and a smaller bar to the rear left of the pub. Here, there is an old curved bar counter, possibly inter-war, in unpainted wood; a quarter circle old bar back in decorated wood contains sconces with casks in them which are not in use. This seems likely to be older than the servery in the main bar. There is another Bass mirror in this room (marked “BO” on the bottom). Good arch for staff within servery with carved wood decoration in the spandrels.
The upstairs room has no old fittings.
Probably built 1864 (landlord list on pubology goes back to that date). Three-storey ex-Wenlock Brewery Victorian pub of London brick with larvikite on the ground floor and with good carved plasterwork decoration in the spandrels. Old photos show Wenlock and Bass signage on external walls. Locally listed in Hackney as a Victorian public house. An old, undated plan appears to show two bars – a saloon and a public bar – on either side of a central staircase, rather than the layout described below. No information exists about when this layout was modified, but reports suggest a substantial refurbishment in 2010-11 when some (further?) opening up seems to have taken place.
The pub has five original doors, but only one is now in use. There is a long bar on the Green Lanes side with a very good vestibule entrance with curved etched-glass windows but a modern tiled floor. The bar counter in this room is old/original with modern panels added and painted grey. The bar back is good featuring an engraved mirror and other plain mirror panels. Parts of the wooden structure may have been replaced relatively recently, but the etched glass is likely to be old. On the right are (rare) two mirror panels where the lower one rises and there is a (non-working) dumb waiter. Good cornice in the main bar. Good wood surround fireplace on the right with excellent mantelpiece with mirrored sections with the main one being an old ‘Bass in Bottle’ mirror. There are two good ceiling roses. There are remnants of former partitions which have been shortened and possibly moved from their original positions. Here, some glass contains transfers and is not genuinely etched. The wide opening on the rear right of the bar leads to a modern, open kitchen.
There is also a wide opening between the main bar and a smaller bar to the rear left of the pub. Here, there is an old curved bar counter, possibly inter-war, in unpainted wood; a quarter circle old bar back in decorated wood contains sconces with casks in them which are not in use. This seems likely to be older than the servery in the main bar. There is another Bass mirror in this room (marked “BO” on the bottom). Good arch for staff within servery with carved wood decoration in the spandrels.
The upstairs room has no old fittings.
This Pub serves 1 changing beer and 2 regular beers.
Brownswood, London
Source: National
Lunchtime Meals
Evening Meals
Garden
Family Friendly
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Events
Function Room
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Real Ale
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