Detached suburban pub, once owned by Beasleys brewery and then Courage. It is located at the north end of Shoulder of Mutton Green. It has retained two distinct bars - the public accessed from the front and the saloon from round the left hand side. Each bar has its own counter, each equipped with two handpumps. Pool dominates much of the public bar. Sunset Restaurant is advertised at the side entrance. The interior has changed little in the last fifty years.
One star - A pub interior of special national historic interest
Listed status: Not listed
Worth visiting for its little-altered rear saloon bar.
Built by Beasley’s Brewery in the 1930s, and then owned by Courage for many years, this detached pub now comprises two rooms. The room at the front, now completely opened out, was originally split into two rooms as well as a small jug-and-bottle take-away compartment. This front room now shows little evidence of its 1930s origins. Modern fielded panelling was installed in 1987.
The main draw is the comfortable rear saloon, accessed by a separate entrance on the left-hand side of the pub. This room still has its attractive three-quarter-height dark-wood wall panelling. The brick fireplace appears to date from the 1930s as do the panelled lower parts of the bar counter. The bar-back in the rear saloon retains some interest with a wood-framed archway leading to the servery in the other room. To the left of the arch is some mirror-backed shelving which may well be original. A door at the back of the saloon leads to a modern restaurant.
Built in the late 1930s for Beasleys of Plumstead, to replace a pub of the same name dating back to 1868. The pub now consists of two separate rooms. The room at the front has three doors, the centre one of which is unused and would have led to the jug & bottle bar, but the interior is now completely opened up. There is little of interest in this room; the two brick built fireplaces have been covered by hardboard; the bar counter front and walls up to dado level are also covered in hardboard that matches the front of the pot shelf above the counter. There is modern looking fielded panelling on the walls above dado level.
The room at the back is accessed by a separate door, signed as the saloon bar, on the left hand side of the pub. The walls in this room retain the original most attractive dark brown fielded panelling up to three-quarter height; the doors to the Ladies and Gents have brass name panels; and there is also a brick built fireplace. The bar counter also appears to be original, with a rectangular panelled front and linoleum inlay on the top. The pot shelf looks more modern.
The bar back in here retains some interest. In the centre is a wood-framed archway leading to the servery in the other room. To the left of the archway is what appears to be original mirror-backed shelving, but with the lower shelving replaced by a fridge, and with more apparently original shelving on the right.
A door at the back of the saloon bar leads to a modern restaurant extension, in turn leading out to a garden.
This Pub serves no changing beers and 2 regular beers.
Green Man, Welling
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