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11-13 April 2025
23 Haltwhistle Road, South Woodham Ferrers, CM3 5ZA
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An excellent example of the work of architects Shoebridge and Rising. Built in 1865 to serve the Hornsey Station and rebuilt in 1896. This is a single bar pub with fine original etched glass-work. Note the magnificent conservatory to the rear. In 2017, this grade II listed pub has been beautifully refurbished by new owners, Fuller's, keeping and enhancing all of its best original features removing the open kitchen adding more drinking and dining space. A display screen lists the 20 craft beers available on tap. The pub is on the London Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors. Beer is served in thirds, two thirds and pints. They do not do halves.
Historic Interest
Grade II listing:- Elaborate neo-Jacobean building of circa 1900. 3 storeys. 3 bays divided by half-octagonal pilasters and oversailing half-bay around angle to right. Red brick with stone dressings. High pitched tiled roof has tall arcaded balustrade and shaped centre gable with cut brickwork and title. Mullioned and transomed windows those in centre 5 light and slightly bowed. Red granite ground floor with strapwork pilasters. Engraved window glass. Ornamental iron grille above left entrance. Interior has original woodwork and elaborate plaster decoration mostly in Jacobean style but some of Art-and-Craft type. Pretty painted glass skylights.
Two star - A pub interior of very special national historic interest
Listed status: II
A masterpiece of turn of the century pub architecture still possessing many original features to delight the visitor.
When originally built in 1897 this pub must have been a stunner. It was commissioned by the Cannon Brewery, replacing the original 1865 house.The architects were Shoebridge & Rising, who were responsible for many a London pub. Here they produced a strikingly flamboyant essay in the neo-Jacobean manner in red brick and stone. A prominent shaped gable with the pub’s name in raised brick lettering is flanked by an arcaded balustrade, and the ground floor of granite has strapwork pilasters.On the left, the principle entrance sports a splendid array of wrought iron work incorporating the pub’s name. This was fabricated at the Jones and Willis Art Metal Works, formerly adjacent to the pub.
The interior was unfortunately remodelled in 1962 by noted pub architect Roderick Gradidge: the front parts are now a single space, but some sense of subdivision has been achieved by the reuse of the original fine glazed screenwork. The Public Bar was originally on the right hand side - note the plain, matchboard panelled counter here (it has been shortened). Next to this was an off-sales counter: a disused door in the centre of the pub announces “Jug Bar”.
The left hand side would once have been the saloon bar, and the counter here is a much more robust, stately affair. The L-shaped servery has a wonderful bar-back lined with a series of lovely decorated mirrors.There’s a skylight over the rear left-hand area with modern stained glass. Beyond, the former music room is accessed through a wide opening with folding doors. Semi circular glazing above the entrance is flanked by sumptuous Art Nouveau moulded plaster friezes. This room has an impressive skylight with vivid stained glass and a rich plaster frieze below. It is spanned by two hefty tie-beams and has matching friezes on the main walls. There’s an ornamental fireplace set in an array of mirrors and columns, no doubt heavily restored by Gradidge, and a remarkably shallow, elegant archway at the rear frames a doorway to the garden and three stained glass windows.
When originally built in 1897 this pub must have been a stunner. The architects were Shoebridge & Rising who were responsible for many a London pub. Here they produced a flamboyant essay in the Flemish Renaissance manner. The raised brick lettering, ornamental ironwork (from Jones and Willis, Art Metal Works in Hornsey) and the etched and cut glass give an expectation of splendours within. The interior of the pub was remodelled in the late 20th century by the late Roderick Gradidge, one of the most sensitive architects of the time dealing with pub refurbishments. The front parts are now a single space but some sense of subdivision has been achieved by the reuse of the original fine glazed screenwork.
The L-shaped servery still has its 1897 counter and the bar-back is lined with a series of lovely decorated mirrors. There is a skylight over the rear left-hand area. Another, bigger skylight sits near the wonderfully gracious music room at the rear. It is spanned by two hefty tie-beams and has rich plaster friezes on the main walls and also below the skylight. The swirly decoration (similar to that in the main bar) on the coving looks as though it may be Gradidge’s work as is perhaps the fireplace.
This Pub serves 2 changing beers (Varies from one to two and is often a cask beer from a brewery that has supplied a keg - their website carries up to date info) and 1 regular beer.
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Source: National
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Garden
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Disabled Access
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Games
Real Fire
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