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Built 1851 and refitted c.1900. Single room with an almost island bar servery. There is a large beer garden at the rear often frequented by a local cat. The four TV screens can show different matches. Following the expiry of the lease was reopened as a Craft Union pub in May 2022. The ‘Hoare & Co’s Celebrated Stout’ gilded mirror on the right hand wall was removed during the renovation. Real Al is not always available but more prevalent around West Ham home games.
One star - A pub interior of special national historic interest
Listed status: Not listed
A lively pub with much remaining to enjoy from an ambitious turn of the century refit.
This appealing two storey local was rebuilt in the mid 19th century of brick with a polished stone dado, and refitted c.1900. It is now a lofty single space with a spacious peninsular servery - but four sets of exterior doors indicate it was originally a series of rooms which probably encompassed an off sales department. Some of the partitions survived up to about 1990. The sturdy Victorian bar counter with its architectural finish survives, but was unfortunately painted a sickly mushroom colour in 2010. There is a very basic stillion where the lower shelves and most of the upper part look old, and a monumental two bay bar back with delightful mirrored sections, incorporating back painted depictions of roses.
At the rear left is an ornate Victorian mahogany fireplace with a curved hood and a richly decorated tympanum, and below this two tiers of mirrors adorned with back-painted flowers and foliage. Supporting the first floor are three columns, one with an ornate capital. Originally a massive Hoare & Co’s brewery mirror advertising their celebrated stout dominated the right hand side, but it was very sadly lost during a recent change of management. The extensive fielded panelled dado has thankfully been left unpainted.
Built 1851 of brick with a polished stone dado it was refitted c.1900 and is now a single space around an almost island bar servery but four sets of doors indicate it was originally a series of rooms and possibly an off sales. Some of the partitions survived up to about 1990 but now there are only ornate short screens either side of the right hand door. The Victorian bar counter survives with a noticeable change in its detailed front on the left hand side, but has been painted a mushroom colour in recent years (top not painted). There is an island bar back where the lower shelves look old and also an ornate bar back with ornate mirrored sections including some of a rose (check – possibly back painted).
At the rear left is an ornate Victorian mahogany fireplace with a carved hood and in the mantelpiece lozenge-shaped mirror with (back-painted) flowers and leaves. One pillar has an ornate capital. There is a massive ‘Hoare & Co’s Celebrated Stout’ gilded mirror on the right hand wall – Hoare & Co brewed at Lower East Smithfield, just near St Katherine's Dock and were taken over by Charrington who then went on to use the Toby Jug symbol that was originally Hoare’s.
This Pub serves 1 changing beer and 0 regular beers.
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Changing beers typically include: Fuller's - London Pride
Sports TV
Garden
Smoking
Wi Fi
Real Ale
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