Originally operated as a pop-up pub during the 2012 Olympics, Situated in what was previously Leyton Town hall it opened as Leyton Technical, taking the name because the 1896 building was originally a technical college. This closed in September 2022 and following refurbishment it reopened in its current guise in September 2024.
Historic Interest
Grade II listed:- Town hall. Dated 1895. By John Johnson. Red brick, white stone. Slate pitched roofs to parapet. A complex of 3 adjoining buildings fronting High Road Leyton, Adelaide Road and Ruckholt Road. Main block with council chamber to corner of High Road Leyton and Adelaide Road. 3 bays, 2 storeys to High Road Leyton with lower 3 storey, 9 bay wing to left. Rich Victorian Eclectic classical manner. Horizontal stone banding to ground floor. Central Ionic porch to taller block, pedimented with elaborate finial over. Square-headed sashed windows to ground floor; plate glass. Upper storey with 3 blind arcades with inset stone-lined niches and panelled pilasters between rich frieze cornice and decorative gable above and pinnacles to octagonal corner buttresses. Central timber and lead flêche to roof. Lower left hand wing with round-headed windows in continuous arcade to upper storey and 3 storey bay window to left with pediment and pavilion roof. Return to Adelaide Street with similar rich treatment carried into lower rear block, of 2 storeys, the upper blind, and with projecting Ionic entrance. Ruckholt Road front Baroque, 2 storeys, the upper blind, 3 main bays, the central bay with giant rusticated niche rising to become segmental open pediment; entrance below. Interiors not inspected.
Conversion
In what was previously Leyton Town Hall, the 1895 Grade II-listed building is in Victorian classical style. The name comes from the Technical Institute which was at the rear with its own entrance. Several rooms with various features including mosaic flooring. A mixture of eclectic furniture and fittings. A first-rate restoration by Antic with a range of ales, ciders and meals. Only open at lunchtimes Friday to Sunday.
This Pub serves 2 changing beers and 1 regular beer.
Leyton Engineer, Leyton
Changing beers typically include: Adnams - Southwold Bitter , Five Points - Best
Source: National