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Originally the Joiners Arms but renamed in the 1850s after the local cocoa fibre industry along the banks of the nearby Hogsmill River. Once a student hangout, the pub reopened in 2009 and is now frequented by locals of all ages and backgrounds. Thai food is a speciality (no food Sunday). There is still a university connection with paintings by art students exhibited on the walls. The decor is dark pub traditional with wood panelled walls, leaded-light windows, and two connected bars in a U shape around the central serving area; the left hand bar is set up in traditional style with tables and chairs and mainly used for dining, but the righthand one has leather sofas for lounging. Behind the pub there is a pleasant garden.

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Previous Names
Local Authority
Kingston upon Thames London Boro
Last updated
09/07/2024
Last surveyed
02/09/2023
Pub ID
KIN/6940
Asset of Community Value

One star - A pub interior of special national historic interest

Listed status: Not listed

A 1950s pub built by Charrington’s, taking its name from a local coconut fibre industry (now gone), and retaining many 1950s features.  

Built on the site of an older pub of the same name, this two-storey building has two entrances both retaining their 1950s lobbies.  The two large bow widows at the front and also the side windows all still contain original leaded glass containing the distinctive green outer strip which is a characteristic of Charrington’s pubs. Inside there is still 1950s leaded glass in several places.  Originally the pub was divided into two rooms plus a small off-sales area. The latter is long gone and a doorless arch is all that separates the two rooms today.  The 1950s bar counter with its pale wood is still in situ. At the rear of the right-hand room is a small snug with two sofas and plenty of leaded glass. Much of the bar-back has been replaced with modern woodwork, although some elements survive.  In 1987 the bar counter was shortened and some new glass panelling was installed.

A stained glass window in the right-hand door, installed in 2005, celebrates the connection with the coconut factory and even includes an image of the pub that was on this site before 1950.

General information about historic pub interiors

There has been a pub on this site since at least the nineteenth century. The area, close to the Hogsmill River, had a number of mills processing coconut fibre into matting and other goods, hence the name. The current building dates from the early 1950s. Plans to demolish the original building and construct a new pub were approved in July 1939, but building was interrupted by the World War II.

Charrington’s Brewery (Architect S J Fennell) began a re-building in Spring 1940 but it stopped in August 1940 due to a shortage of steel. Work was completed by 1954 – it seems to have been constructed in the popular way of behind the original pub, which was then knocked down leaving parking space at the front of the new pub.

The pub is a two storey-building constructed of brick, with a tile roof, and two bow-fronted windows on the ground floor, with original leaded window panes with left-hand door having colourful leaded symbols including a coconut. There are separate entrance lobbies on either side of the building; a third entrance in the centre of the façade, leading to the original off-sales area which has been bricked up.

There is a single, U-shaped bar in the centre of the pub, with 1950s panelling in pale wood, although the bar was shortened and new glass panelling installed at the rear after 1987. The back-of-bar shelving may also date from the 1950s and has the wording ‘Wines’, ‘(blank – possibly ‘Charrington’s’ originally)’, ‘Spirits’ along the top on both sides, although modern refrigeration equipment has been installed at ground level.

The pub now consists of a single drinking and dining area (the establishment operates a Thai restaurant), although when originally constructed there were three distinct rooms – a saloon bar, a public bar, and a games room – plus and off-sales area. The public and saloon bars were knocked into a single space in the late 1980s, and a food servery constructed in the former games room. This was subsequently removed at an unknown date, when this smaller room seems to have been opened up and joined to the main drinking area.

The 1950s configuration of the bars is still apparent from the remains of the partition between the former saloon and public bars, which is interrupted by a U-shaped arch. Similarly, a glazed half-partition also denotes the division between the main pub and the former games room. Former wooden doorways at the rear right-hand side of the pub remain, although the doors themselves have been sealed. The doorways in the two surviving entrance lobbies appear to date from the 1950s rebuild, but the left hand lobby has been considerably reduced in size. Much original woodwork and glass survive.
 

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Opening
Food
Monday
Noon - 3:00pm & 6:00pm - 11:00pm
Noon - 3:00pm & 6:00pm - 9:30pm
Tuesday
Noon - 3:00pm & 6:00pm - 11:00pm
Noon - 3:00pm & 6:00pm - 9:30pm
Wednesday
Noon - 3:00pm & 6:00pm - 11:00pm
Noon - 3:00pm & 6:00pm - 9:30pm
Thursday
Noon - 3:00pm & 6:00pm - 11:00pm
Noon - 3:00pm & 6:00pm - 9:30pm
Friday
Noon - 3:00pm & 6:00pm - 11:00pm
Noon - 3:00pm & 6:00pm - 9:30pm
Saturday
Noon - 3:00pm & 6:00pm - 11:00pm
Noon - 3:00pm & 6:00pm - 9:30pm
Sunday
Closed
No Service
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Facilities
Lunchtime Meals Lunchtime Meals
Evening Meals Evening Meals
Garden Garden
Family Friendly Family Friendly
Disabled Access Disabled Access
Parking Parking
2 spaces only on forecourt
Dog Friendly Dog Friendly
Smoking Smoking
Wi Fi Wi Fi
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Transport
Close to bus routes
K1, K4
Nearby Station (750m)
Kingston
Directions
Off Fairfield South
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