Small pub on an old corner site, adapted from one of the Blackfriars Monastery’s gateways and most recently rebuilt about 1865. Its shape recreates that of a cockpit and fighting cock prints adorn the walls. (It was renamed the Three Castles in 1849 when cockfighting was prohibited, reverting in 1970.) Enter by the corner door to a drinking area with a curved bar up a few stairs; galleries above are inaccessible.
Historic Interest
Grade II listing:- Circa 1860. Brick with stucco quoins, bands, and window surrounds. 3 storeys, triangular plan with rounded corner. Ground floor pub front with leaded windows, tapering pilasters and low clerestorey windows over. 1st floor windows mullioned and transomed casement. 2nd floor, cill band with supporting brackets, crowning cornice on corbel table. Brick parapet with pierced strapwork balustrade. Shaped gable over rounded corner. Octagonal chimney stacks.
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This Pub serves 1 changing beer and 3 regular beers.
Cockpit, London
Changing beers typically include: St Austell - Tribute , Timothy Taylor - Boltmaker
Source: National