| County | Brewery | Location | Premises | Description | Contributors | Photo? Gone? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
London E 1 |
Taylor Walker & Co Ltd Limehouse E14 | Mile End, 230 Mile End Road | Kings Arms (former) | Taylor Walker 'cannon' atop the hanging sign. No longer a pub. | SP 2009 | . |
London E 1 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Mile End, 400 Mile End Road | Bancroft Arms | A 1930s corner pub by A E Sewell for Trumans. On the Mile End Road side, the fascia has 'BURTON BITTER ... TRUMAN'S ... LONDON ALES' and a panel at parapet level with 'TRUMANS'. On the Harford Street side, the fascia has 'ALES STOUT ... TRUMAN'S ... AND WINES' and a large illuminated letter sign at parapet level with 'TRUMAN BEERS'. | GB 2002; BL 2002; WRB photo 2006 | Picture |
London E 1 |
Mann, Crossman & Paulin - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Shadwell, 513 Cable Street | Kings Arms | This pub recently closed and is boarded up (2007). In a shallow recess above the corner door it has an old (1930s?) sign 'KINGS ARMS' over 'MANN CROSSMAN PAULIN CELEBRATED BROWN ALE' - this has been painted out in blue, but it is beginning to show through. The sign is in the style of a bottle label - very similar to the one at the Little Crown, London, SE16. | SRH 2007 | . |
London E 1 |
Charrington & Co Ltd London E1 | Shoreditch, 199 Shoreditch High Street | Norfolk Village | Gold raised lettering on black panel between first and second floor windows - 'CHARRINGTON - EST 1757'. WRB reports that the pub has been demolished in connection with the East London line extension. (Demolished in 2004.) | BL 2003; WRB 2006 | . GONE |
London E 1 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Shoreditch, 226 Shoreditch High Street | Crown & Shuttle (closed) | Fascia covered over in black paint, with raised lettering - 'TRUMAN'S ALES AND STOUT'. | BL 2003; WRB photo 2006 | Picture |
London E 1 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Shoreditch, 64 Shoreditch High Street | White Horse | This pub was re-built for Trumans in 1931. It has two surviving Truman's windows with a gold eagle in a roundel, and the decorative ironwork features the initial 'T'. | SRH photo 2006; WRB photo 2007 | Picture |
London E 1 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Spitalfields, 110 Commercial Street | Golden Heart | The pub, very close to the former brewery, is a good survivor of an interwar Truman pub by company architect A E Sewell. On the exterior, a very large letter sign (formerly neon-lit) 'TRUMAN'S' on the parapet; below this a tiled panel with the pub name in relief, and below this, a roundel with a Truman Eagle. There is also a pretty leaded window with 'Trumans' in script in the central panel. Inside, various Truman beers are advertised in gold lettering along the top of interwar wood panelling (cf. the Cubitt Arms, E14 and Hope & Anchor, W6). Three of the four fireplaces carry the Truman eagle, carved in brick, and one has a fixed Truman mirror over. | GB 2003; PCo 2005; SRH photo 2006; WRB photo 2006; KR 2006; SP 2009 | Picture |
London E 1 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Spitalfields, 54 Brushfield Street | Gun | Truman's livery of modern appearance, well-maintained. Includes painted fascia and board signs; lanterns; and an oval plaque. | WRB photo 2006 | Picture |
London E 1 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Spitalfields, 84 Commercial Street | Ten Bells | Etched windows - 'Truman Hanbury & Buxton'. Deteriorating painted Truman fascias. Fabulous tiling inside. | GB 2003; PM 2003; PCo 2005; WRB photo 2006 | Picture |
London E 1 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Spitalfields, 91 Brick Lane | Truman Hanbury Buxton (former brewery) | Much of the Black Eagle Brewery survives with Truman signs and features, including a large chimney with 'TRUMAN', and several eagles. The streets around the brewery includes Black Eagle Street, Hanbury Street and Buxton Street. | WRB photo 2006 | Picture |
London E 1 |
Charrington & Co Ltd London E1 | Stepney, 141a White Horse Road | Fish & Ring (former) | This pub is closed but retains a fairly complete Charrington's frontage, probably 1930s, including a total of five Charrington's plaques on its exterior. Two 'House of Toby' tiled plaques and two 'Toby Jug' plaques; at the top of the building, a 'Flying Tankard' plaque with the date 1767 - newer looking than the one at the Bohola House, E2. Converted to residential use in about 1999. | SRH photo 2006 | Picture |
London E 1 |
Watney Combe Reid & Co Ltd - Stag Brewery, Pimlico; and Mortlake Brewery | Stepney, 156-158 Commercial Road | Mackworth Arms (former) | This pub closed some time between 1983 and 1986 and the premises are now in use as a clothing shop. The upper floor exterior includes 'COMBE'S BROWN ALE ... REID'S STOUT' in gold lettering on a red band across the width of the building; this is now faded and starting to become illegible. | SRH photo 2006 | Picture |
London E 1 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Stepney, 22 Dock Street | Sir Sidney Smith | By A E Sewell for Trumans, 1930s. Neat frontage of cream and dark green faience. The tiled fascia has gold lettering: 'ALES ... TRUMANS ... STOUT'. Four Truman lanterns. | KR photo 2006 | Picture |
London E 1 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Stepney, 474 Commercial Road | Royal Duke (former) | This pub closed in 1995 and the premises are now in use as a supermarket. Above the corner door is a stone panel with good chunky incised lettering: 'THE ROYAL DUKE ... TRUMAN, HANBURY, BUXTON AND COMPANY.'. | SRH photo 2006 | Picture |
London E 1 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Stepney, Stepney Way / Diggon Street | Clare Hall (former) | By A E Sewell, 1920s. On the parapet of one elevation is a large stone panel with 'TRUMAN'S'. On the corner splay, two tiled stone panels with raised lettering: the second floor one has the pub name; the first floor one has a Black Eagle trademark in a roundel and 'TRUMAN'S'. Converted to a chicken takeaway shop. | GB 2003; KR photo 2006; WRB photo 2006 | Picture |
London E 1 |
Taylor Walker & Co Ltd Limehouse E14 | Wapping, 1 Green Bank | Turks Head (former) | This pub is long-closed (certainly closed pre-1983) and in use as a cafe and workshops. But it retains an excellent Taylor Walker pale brown tiled frontage, with three tiled friezes between the ground floor windows: 'THE TURK'S HEAD ... BARLEY MOW BEERS ... THE TURK'S HEAD. Above the ground floor windows, each side has 'Fine Ales ... TAYLOR WALKER & Co's ... & Stout', again in tilework. This livery is thought to date from 1927, when the pub was substantially rebuilt. | SRH photo 2006 | Picture |
London E 1 |
Taylor Walker & Co Ltd Limehouse E14 | Wapping, 14 Watts Street | Turner's Old Star | Three Taylor Walker lanterns - probably 1970s. | SRH photo 2006 | Picture |
London E 1 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Wapping, 22 Dock Street | Pepper Pot | Gilded Truman eagle. Buff ceramic fascia with raised letters 'ALES ... TRUMANS ... STOUT'; Truman lanterns. | SG 2001; GB 2003; SRH photo 2006 | Picture |
London E 1 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Wapping, 61 Garnet Street | Three Suns (former) | This pub has three panels of decorative cut brick - similar to those at the Laurel Tree and the Frying Pan in Brick Lane. Included is a Truman's panel with lettering 'TRUMAN HANBUR(Y) BUXTON & CO LTD' and decoration including a sun. The pub was built in 1880 and the brick decor probably dates from then. The pub closed in 1986 and is now an off-licence. | SRH photo 2006 | Picture |
London E 1 |
Taylor Walker & Co Ltd Limehouse E14 | Whitechapel, 139 Leman Street | Brown Bear | A large Taylor Walker letter sign along the roofline. There is also a surviving Ind Coope window. Inside is a magnificent Allsopp's mirror. | SRH photo 2006 | Picture |
London E 1 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Whitechapel, 157 Brick Lane | Jolly Butchers (former) | By A E Sewell for Trumans, 1920s. At first-floor level, a fine tiled wall panel - raised gold lettering on beige tiles - 'THE JOLLY BUTCHERS ... TRUMAN HANBURY BUXTON & Co. Ltd.'. | BL 2003; WRB photo 2006 | Picture |
London E 1 |
Mann, Crossman & Paulin - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Whitechapel, 333-335 Whitechapel Road | Mann Crossman & Paulin (former brewery) | Some of the brewery buildings survive, as does an arch over the entrance with 'MANN CROSSMAN & PAULIN Ltd' in gold applied letters. | WRB photo 2006 | Picture |
London E 1 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Whitechapel, 69 Brick Lane | Laurel Tree (former) | Decorative terracotta panels on the frontage: an unusual stylised 'THB' left; 'THE LAUREL TREE' centre; '1901' right. The pub is long closed and the premises are currently in use as a hairdressers salon. The Truman logo in this form may be unique. | WRB photo 2006; SRH photo 2006 | Picture |
London E 1 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Whitechapel, 8 Tapp Street | Lion (former) | A Truman's board sign on the north wall facing the railway. Converted to residential use. | CP 2007 and 2009 after Camra mag | . |
London E 1 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Whitechapel, 87 Turner Street | Good Samaritan | A Truman's Eagle logo on the upper walls, in a roundel with art deco detailing. Carved into the stone of the roundel is "Est 1666", but this has been painted over and is barely visible. This pub was rebuilt to the designs of A E Sewell in 1937. | SRH photo 2006; KR photo 2006 | Picture |
London E 2 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Bethnal Green, 12 Chilton Street | Britannia (former) | This pub is closed and in residential use. It remains fully fronted in green faience tiles and includes a tiled fascia: (elevation 1) 'TRUMANS BURTON BREWED PALE & OLD ALES'; (elevation 2) 'STOUT - MILD ALE - PORTER'. Also one Truman's lantern. | SRH photo 2006 | Picture |
London E 2 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Bethnal Green, 137 Hackney Road | Flying Scud (former) | Relatively modern painted board signs - gold on dark blue. The fascia includes: 'TRUMAN FINE ALES'. On the corner splay - much missing - the pub name and a Truman eagle. For more information search on Google - "Flying Scud". The pub was demolished in 2009. | BL 2003; GB 2003; WRB photo 2006; ANi 2009; WRB 2009; CP 2009; SRH 2009 | Picture GONE |
London E 2 |
Watney Combe Reid & Co Ltd - Stag Brewery, Pimlico; and Mortlake Brewery | Bethnal Green, 2 Hackney Road | George & Dragon (closed) | On the corner splay, a large wooden painted panel - 'WATNEY COMBE REID ... Established (cursive) ... 1898'. Then the name of the pub and pictorial George and Dragon. | BL 2003; WRB photo 2006 | Picture |
London E 2 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Bethnal Green, 222 Bethnal Green Road | Crown (former) | Fine faience tiles on the parapet: 'THE CROWN ... TRUMAN HANBURY BUXTON & COY LTD'. Also a deteriorating painted sign on the wall below: 'BURTON BREWED PALE ALES'. The pub is long-closed and the premises are now in use as a dry cleaners. Similar to the nearby SHAKESPEARE (qv). | WRB photo 2006; SRH photo 2006 | Picture |
London E 2 |
Taylor Walker & Co Ltd Limehouse E14 | Bethnal Green, 230 Bethnal Green Road | Green Gate (former) | The remains of the projecting sign with 'Taylor Walker' and the cannon device. Now a shop. | SP 2009 | . |
London E 2 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Bethnal Green, 287 Cambridge Heath Road | Green Man - boarded up | Fascia - gold lettering on green tiles - 'TRUMANS BEERS' etc. In 2006, reported removed. | BL 2003; SRH 2006 | . GONE |
London E 2 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Bethnal Green, 408 Hackney Road | Durham Arms | By A E Sewell for Trumans, 1930s. In tiles on the fascia: 'BURTON BREWED BITTER ... TRUMAN HANBURY BUXTON & Co Ltd ... LONDON STOUT'. Above the second floor windows are two panels with 'TRUMAN'S' flanked by eagles. | DK 2003; KE 2003; WRB photo 2006 | Picture |
London E 2 |
Charrington & Co Ltd London E1 | Bethnal Green, 423 Bethnal Green Road | Bohola (formerly Bohola House) | This pub has a stone plaque at first floor level with a winged tankard over the date 1767 - an old Charrington's logo, and this looks to be quite an old example. | SRH 2006; WRB photo 2006 | Picture |
London E 2 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Bethnal Green, 460 Bethnal Green Road | Shakespeare | Green lettering on cream tiles at roof level - 'THE SHAKESPEARE ... TRUMAN HANBURY, BUXTON & COY LTD'. The 'STOUT MILD ALE PORTER' frieze above the door and window is currently covered by a new sign. Similar to the nearby CROWN (qv). | DK 2003; BL 2003; WRB photo 2006 | Picture |
London E 2 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Bethnal Green, 64 Ellsworth Street | Duke of York (former) | This pub was closed in 2006. It had 'WINES ... TRUMANS ALES & STOUT ... SPIRITS' painted out on the ground floor fascia; and a small Truman's lantern. 2008: This former pub is now demolished along with its Truman's signage. | SRH photo 2006; SRH 2008 | Picture GONE |
London E 2 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Bethnal Green, 73 Columbia Road | Royal Oak | A corner pub by A E Sewell for Trumans. Has a prominent tiled panel on the corner splay with raised lettering: '1923 ... TRUMAN HANBURY BUXTON & Co Ltd ... THE ROYAL OAK'. | SRH photo 2006 | Picture |
London E 2 |
City of London Brewery Co Ltd London EC4 | Bethnal Green, Three Colts Lane / Violet Street | Duke of Wellington (former) | On the parapet to the Violet Street frontage: 'CITY OF LONDON BREWERY COMPANYS ENTIRE'. | RF 2002 on info Alan Walker; WRB photo 2006 | Picture |
London E 2 |
Ind Coope Ltd - Station Street, Burton-upon-Trent & Star Brewery, Romford | Haggerston, 257 Kingsland Road | Kings Head | This heavily-fortified pub has one surviving brewery window with 'IND COOPE' in gold lettering. | SRH photo 2006 | Picture |
London E 2 |
Mann, Crossman & Paulin - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Haggerston, 3 Kingsland Road | Spread Eagle | In November 2006, a piece of the modern signage was ripped off, leaving a little bit of Mann, Crossman & Paulin signage exposed beneath. This was painted over shortly afterwards. | SRH photo 2006 | Picture GONE |
London E 3 |
Smith, Garrett & Co Ltd Bow E3 | Bow, 129 Antill Road | Duke of York (former) | Converted to residential use, but retains Smith & Garrett (Bow) brewery tiling on the exterior. A tiled plaque above the corner door and a fascia on the Selwyn Road frontage. Lettering 'SMITH GARRETT'S PRIZE BEERS'. Similar tiling on the Antill Road frontage has been removed. | London Drinker Aug 2002; SRH photo 2006 | Picture |
London E 3 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Bow, 129 Grove Road | Palm Tree | Tiled panel above the corner door: 'TRUMANS'; a large eagle with 'ESTd 1666'; and the pub name. | SRH 2006; WRB photo 2006 | Picture |
London E 3 |
Charrington & Co Ltd London E1 | Bromley-by-Bow, 1 Gillender Street | Queen Victoria | Two tiled panels. (1) Bas-relief Toby jug with 'TOBY ALE'. (2) Flying tankard; 1757; 'CHARRINGTON ... THE HOUSE OF TOBY'. | CP 2003; WRB photo 2006 | Picture |
London E 3 |
Taylor Walker & Co Ltd Limehouse E14 | Bromley-by-Bow, 50 St Leonards Street | Imperial Crown (former) | Converted to flats in 2004. Large rectangular tiled plaque - green writing on cream - 'TAYLOR WALKER & CO'S PRIZE ALES AND STOUT'. Full length tiled panel on front wall - 'TAYLOR WALKER & Co's PRIZE ALES and STOUT' in black lettering on ivory ground. GB reports 2004 that the developer has agreed to retain the tiled advertising panel. NB reports 2006 that only the side plaque is visible. | RF 2003; CP 2003; GB 2004; NB 2006; SRH photo 2006 | Picture |
London E 3 |
London & Burton Brewery Co Ltd Stepney E14 | Mile End, 2 Grove Road | Prince of Wales (former) | Converted to a burger restaurant. There is the old iron arm of a pub sign with 'LBB' worked into the ironwork. | SRH 2006; WRB photo 2006; CP 2009 | Picture |
London E 3 |
Charrington & Co Ltd London E1 | Mile End, 30 Grove Road | Railway Tavern (former) | Three tiled 'House of Toby' plaques - all the same design. 'CHARRINGTONS ... 1757'; a 'Toby' image with 'TOBY ALE'; 'THE HOUSE OF TOBY'. This pub closed in 2000 and is in residential use. | DK 2003; CP 2003; SRH 2006; WRB photo 2006 | Picture |
London E 3 |
Taylor Walker & Co Ltd Limehouse E14 | Mile End, 588 Mile End Road | A Matter of Time | This pub has had many names, possibly originally CORNUCOPIA. The fascia had Taylor Walker signage with the cannon logo, possibly dating from the 1970s, which was revealed during March 2007 renovations. The signage was unfortunately then removed and destroyed. | SRH photo 2007 | Picture GONE |
London E 5 |
Taylor Walker & Co Ltd Limehouse E14 | Clapton, 1 Mandeville Street | Glyn Arms | A large tiled sign on the side wall - dark brown letters on beige - with 'TAYLOR WALKER & Co ... PRIZE BEERS'. In 2008, this pub is closed and boarded up and under threat of demolition. | SRH photo 2008 | Picture |
London E 5 |
Charrington & Co Ltd London E1 | Clapton, 57 Elderfield Road | Elderfield (formerly Priory Tavern) | The pub has a large plaque on the side wall at first floor level, including the 'TOBY' image, and 'CHARRINGTON ... ESTABLISHED 1757'. | SRH photo 2008 | Picture |
London E 5 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Clapton, 78 Clarence Road | Duke of Clarence (former) | Converted to flats. A roundel with a Truman eagle survives on the fascia. | KR photo 2006 | Picture |
London E 7 |
London & Burton Brewery Co Ltd Stepney E14 | Forest Gate, 392 Romford Road | Wagon & Horses (former) | This pub currently operates as a night club, but has signage above the ground floor windows: 'London & Burton Brewery Sparkling Ales' - unfortunately this is currently covered by modern signage for "Temptations Night Club" and out of view (at least, it's hoped it's still there underneath). | SRH 2006 | . |
London E 8 |
Whitbread & Co Ltd London EC1 | Hackney, 13-15 Mare Street | Rose & Crown | This former Whitbread pub closed in 1995. Renovations to the exterior of the building in 2009 revealed a narrow glazed ground floor fascia, with lettering - cream on brown: ' WHITBREAD'S ... ALES & STOUT'. | SRH photo 2009 | Picture |
London E 8 |
Holt & Co East Ham E7 | Hackney, 137 Mare Street | London Fields - formerly Warburton Arms | 'J & WS Holt's Entire' sign high on wall. 2006: sign not visible. | DK 2003; WRB 2006 | . GONE |
London E 8 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Hackney, 165 Mare Street | Dolphin | Attractive window with Truman's eagle trademark painted on the glass inside a circular wooden frame. Also an iron projecting sign bracket topped with 'TRUMANS'. | DK 2003; WRB photo 2006 | Picture |
London E 8 |
Courage & Co Ltd Southwark SE1 | Hackney, 2 Sylvester Path | Old Ship | Two identical tiled panels in the walls of the Mare Street entrance. Lettering: 'SPECIALITY ... OUR SNACK BAR ... COURAGE'S ALES & STOUT ... LUNCHEONS ... WINES & SPIRITS'. | DK 2003; SRH photo 2008 | Picture |
London E 8 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Hackney, 315 Mare Street | Cock Tavern | A corner pub by A E Sewell for Trumans, 1930. Two tiled panels on the splayed corner. Top: a roundel with a Truman's eagle, painted gold, and 'TRUMANS'. Below: a large panel with: 'THE COCK TAVERN ... TRUMAN'S LONDON STOUT & BURTON BREWED BITTERS'. | WRB 2006; KR photo 2006 | Picture |
London E 8 |
Charrington & Co Ltd London E1 | Hackney, 76 Broadway Market | Cat & Mutton | Red lettering on window - 'CHARRINGTON'S ALES & STOUT' and 'TOBY ALE'. Also 'TOBY ALE' in similar style on a door. Fascia - bold gold lettering on green - 'CHARRINGTON'. Wine & Brandy Merchant' in relief at floor level. Still has 1980s Charrington signage (Feb 2003). | DK 2003; WRB photo 2006 | Picture |
London E 9 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Homerton, 331 Wick Road | White Lion (former) now Genevas | By A E Sewell for Trumans, 1930s. Two examples on the cornice: roundels with a gilded eagle on green background; beneath which is 'ESTd. 1666'. Also a car park 'patrons only' sign with 'TRUMAN LIMITED'. | GB 2004; WRB photo 2006; KR 2006 | Picture |
London E 9 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Homerton, 69 Cadogan Terrace | Morpeth Castle (former) | By A E Sewell for Trumans, 1926. This pub closed in 1991 and was converted to residential use. It retains a Truman's eagle roundel at first floor level. | SRH photo 2006 | Picture |
London E10 |
Taylor Walker & Co Ltd Limehouse E14 | Leyton, 308 High Road | Huxley Stores (former) | The building was a beer retailer called 'Huxley Stores', originally tied to Smith Garrett's Bow Brewery, and is now in restaurant use. The ground floor fascia has 'PRIZE ALES ... TAYLOR WALKER & Co Ltd ... AND STOUT' on two sides in dark green lettering on pale green tiles. These are painted over (although beginning to show through) and in places covered by modern board signage. | SRH 2007 | . |
London E10 |
Cannon Brewery Co Ltd London EC1 | Leyton, 575 Lea Bridge Road | Bakers Arms | Painted board signs at roof level: 'CANNON BREWERY - ALES - PORTER'. On the other elevation: 'ALES - STOUT - ALES'. Some doubts about continuity and authenticity. SRH comments: "The Cannon Brewery boards here were replicas, based I think upon an old photograph of the pub (at the very most they were a modern re-painting). They appeared in the mid-1990s and were removed when the pub was renovated in 2005." | SP 2004; SRH 2006 | . GONE |
London E10 |
Ind Coope Ltd - Station Street, Burton-upon-Trent & Star Brewery, Romford | Leyton, 816 High Road | King William IV (William IV) | By Shoebridge & Rising, 1897. Outside, a hanging sign topped by an Ind Coope 'hand' and '1856'. Inside, one of the bar-backs incorporates mirrors with 'WILLIAM IV - IND COOPE' in gold lettering (ca.1970s). | SP 2004; SRH photo 2006 | Picture |
London E11 |
Charrington & Co Ltd London E1 | Leytonstone, 45 Langthorne Road | Birkbeck | Fine fascia with 'FINE ALES ... CHARRINGTON ... AND STOUT'. The Charrington name is obscured by a modern board sign in 2006. | WRB photo 2006 | Picture GONE |
London E13 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Plaistow, 299 Barking Road | Red House (formerly the Northumberland Arms) | Large pub by A E Sewell for Trumans, 1930s. There are two surviving Truman's Eagle roundels, plus the remains of 'TRUMAN'S' lettering removed from above each. Also two leaded windows with 'TRUMANS BEERS' in gold in a central panel. | SRH photo 2007 | Picture |
London E13 |
Charrington & Co Ltd London E1 | Plaistow, 48 Plashet Road | Upton Manor | Attractive green-tiled façade. Tiled 'CHARRINGTON FINE ALES & STOUT' sign in lobby and large tiled 'THE HOUSE OF TOBY' plaque on outside wall. WRB reports in 2006 that the pub has been demolished and replaced by a block of flats. | DK 2003; WRB 2006 | . GONE |
London E13 |
Taylor Walker & Co Ltd Limehouse E14 | Plaistow, 484 Barking Road | Abbey Arms | Imposing Victorian corner pub. The cornices have old lettering: (1) New Barn Street elevation - 'TAYLOR WALKER & Co'; (2) Corner - 1882; (3) Barking Road elevation - 'TAYLOR ... (a swag) ... WALKER & Co'. Both hanging signs have cannons in the brackets. | GB 2002; WRB photo 2006 | Picture |
London E14 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Isle of Dogs, 262 Manchester Road | Cubitt Arms | Notable original interwar interior, including wood panelling up to the picture rail on the left, and a wooden central bar gantry, both with names of former Truman beers along the top (cf. the Golden Heart, E1 and Hope & Anchor, W6). | PCo 2005 | . |
London E14 |
Mann, Crossman & Paulin - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Isle of Dogs, 74 Manilla Street | North Pole | A good surviving window with a green panel: 'MANN, CROSSMAN & PAULIN LTD', above which is the brewery's 'George and Dragon' logo in red. | SRH photo 2007 | Picture |
London E14 |
Taylor Walker & Co Ltd Limehouse E14 | Poplar, 2 Bazeley Street | Greenwich Pensioner | Tiled fascia, dark lettering on cream: 'PRIZE ALES ... TAYLOR WALKER & CO'S ... NOTED STOUT'. | DK 2003; WRB photo 2006 | Picture |
London E14 |
Taylor Walker & Co Ltd Limehouse E14 | Poplar, 210 Poplar High Street | Resolute | Has an old rather faded board sign with an illustration of the 'Resolute' and 'TAYLOR WALKER'. There are also more modern Taylor Walker signs. | WRB photo 2006 | Picture |
London E14 |
Mann, Crossman & Paulin - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Poplar, 212 Hind Grove | Chimes | This pub was built by Manns in 1951. It retains three faded Mann's windows incorporating the brewery logo in red with gold lettering beneath: 'DRAUGHT & BOTTLED BEERS' and 'WINES & SPIRITS'. One window is very faded. | SRH photo 2006 | Picture |
London E14 |
Mann, Crossman & Paulin - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Poplar, 269 East India Dock Road | Sir John Franklin | Built by Watney-Mann in 1963, it has a rare 'MANNS' letter sign which is probably original. This pub has been boarded up for several years and is probably at risk. | WRB photo 2006 | Picture |
London E14 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Poplar, 71 Grundy Street | Festival Inn | This pub was built for Truman's Brewery as part of the 'live' architecture section of the Festival of Britain in 1951. Retains a Trumans painted board sign, a late example of a roundel with the Eagle trademark in relief, and an elegant projecting sign with 'THE FESTIVAL INN ... TRUMAN ALES'. | SRH photo 2006; KR 2007 | Picture |
London E14 |
Taylor Walker & Co Ltd Limehouse E14 | Poplar, 98 Salmon Lane | Freemasons Arms | Ceramic fascia with raised lettering: 'PRIZE ALES ... TAYLOR WALKER & COS ... STOUT ... BARLEY MOW ... BOTTLED ALES'. NB reports in 2006 that the pub has been demolished. | GB 2002; NB 2006 | . GONE |
London E15 |
Watney Combe Reid & Co Ltd - Stag Brewery, Pimlico; and Mortlake Brewery | Leyton, 124 High Road | Leyton Food | An off licence and grocer's shop with a projecting Watney sign (possibly 1960s), now rather rare, with lettering 'WATNEYS BEERS'. | SRH photo 2008 | Picture |
London E15 |
Charles Hammerton & Co Ltd (later Stockwell Brewery Co Ltd) Stockwell SW9 | Stratford, 128 Downsell Road | Dewine Cellar (off-licence) | This off-licence has plain glass windows at the front with 'HAMMERTON' and 'OATMEAL STOUT' etched in un-fancy lettering. Possibly a former beer house. | SRH 2007 | . |
London E16 |
Charrington & Co Ltd London E1 | Canning Town, 162 Bidder Street | Dartmouth Arms | A tiled Charrington panel with the Flying Tankard logo including '1757 ... CHARRINGTON', a 'Toby' in relief with 'TOBY ALE', and lettering 'THE HOUSE OF TOBY'. | SRH photo 2007 | Picture |
London E16 |
Courage & Co Ltd Southwark SE1 | Canning Town, 20 Star Lane | Anchor | This former pub closed in 2001 and now appears to be empty. It was rebuilt in 1904 the cut-brick decoration on the frontage probably dates from then. The 'C Co' monogram in the panel probably refers to Courage - but confirmation required. There is also a Courage golden cockerel. | SRH photo 2008 | Picture |
London E16 |
Courage & Co Ltd Southwark SE1 | Canning Town, 67 Barking Road | Royal Oak | This pub closed in the late-1990s, lay derelict for a long-time and was later restored. The fascia had two Courage signs in gold and applied lettering. A huge COURAGE sign in raised red letters on the upper floors has now gone. By 2008, this former pub was in use as an estate agent, and crude modern boards have covered the Courage signage. | SRH photo 2006; SRH 2008 | Picture GONE |
London E16 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | North Woolwich, 83 Woodman Street | Royal Oak | Only the ground floor of this corner pub survived the second World War. The exterior has fine dark green tiling, and an excellent large tiled panel incorporating an early pattern of the Truman eagle and lettering 'TRUMAN'S BEERS ... EAGLE BRAND'. A panel above the corner entrance is truncated and just has 'BEERS'. | KR 2006; SRH photo 2007 | Picture |
London E16 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Victoria Dock, Tidal Basin Road | Tidal Basin Tavern | By A E Sewell, 1930s; featured in the film "The Leather Boys". Has a large tiled panel on the end gable featuring the Truman eagle in a roundel above the pub name. | KR photo 2006 | Picture |
London E16 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Victoria Dock | Ram (former) | By A E Sewell for Trumans, 1930s. On the corner splay is a clock (hands missing) with the numbers represented by letters: 'TRUMANSSREEB' (clockwise from 9 o'clock). | KR photo 2006-2008 | Picture |
London E17 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Walthamstow, 106 Edward Road | Former off-licence | This former corner off-licence is now a private residence, but retains its very attractive dark green faience frontage. Each side of the corner door is tiled lettering in cream: 'TRUMAN'S NOTED ALES & STOUT ON DRAUGHT' and 'TRUMANS EAGLE BRAND BOTTLED BEERS'. The curved tiled fascia runs around both elevations with dark green lettering on cream: 'DOUBLE STOUT ... TRUMAN HANBURY BUXTON & Coy ltd ... ALES & PORTER'. | SRH photo 2007; KR photo 2007 | Picture |
London E17 |
Charrington & Co Ltd London E1 | Walthamstow, 15 Grosvenor Rise East | Castle | Windows with red lettering 'Charrington' within oval toby jug trademark (red and black). WRB reports in 2006 that the Charrington windows have been removed. | WRB 2003; WRB 2006 | . GONE |
London E17 |
Taylor Walker & Co Ltd Limehouse E14 | Walthamstow, 757 Lea Bridge Road | Waltham Oak (formerly Chestnut Tree) | 'Taylor Walker's Ales & Stout' tiled signs. Front wall signs now painted over but still visible. Side wall sign still unspoilt. WRB reports in 2006 that the front signs are covered over, and there is no sign on the side. | DK 2003; WRB 2006 | . GONE |
London E17 |
Charrington & Co Ltd London E1 | Walthamstow, Markhouse Road / Queens Road | Common Gate (former) | A beautiful large tiled panel (approx 5 ft square) - gold lettering on brown glazed tiles - with: 'CHARRINGTON'S CELEBRATED BITTER, BURTON, MILD ALES, PORTER, & IMPERIAL STOUT'. The pub dates from 1888, and the sign is probably original. The pub has now been converted to a hotel. | DK 2003; JJ 2003; SRH photo 2006 | Picture |
London E18 |
Charrington & Co Ltd London E1 | Woodford, Woodford New Road | Napier Arms | In the ironwork atop the pole sign, an oval panel with 'Toby' - possibly emamel - and 'CHARRINGTON' underneath. | WRB photo 2007 | Picture |
London EC1 |
Watney Combe Reid & Co Ltd - Stag Brewery, Pimlico; and Mortlake Brewery | Clerkenwell, 106 Farringdon Road | Clerkenwell Tavern - later Penny Black (former) | This pub closed in 2000 and by 2004 had been converted to restaurant use. It retains one etched window with 'WATNEYS' in gold lettering. | SRH photo 2006 | Picture |
London EC1 |
Charrington & Co Ltd London E1 | Clerkenwell, 46 Percival Street | Shakespeares Head | This 1930s pub has two quite large panels at first floor level, featuring the 'Toby' image in relief. Unfortunately these have been painted over in white. | SRH 2006; WRB photo 2007 | Picture |
London EC1 |
Watney Combe Reid & Co Ltd - Stag Brewery, Pimlico; and Mortlake Brewery | Clerkenwell, 69 Rosebery Avenue | Wilmington Arms | Two stone panels on the parapet feature animals: could these be a Stag (Watney) and a Griffin (Reid)? | WRB photo 2009 | Picture |
London EC1 |
Mann, Crossman & Paulin - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Clerkenwell, 7 Clerkenwell Close | Three Kings | This pub has two good surviving Mann Crossman Paulin windows. One has the brewery logo in red: 'DECUS ET TUTAMEN'. The other has the brewery logo, beneath which is a rectangular panel in green with gold lettering: 'MANN CROSSMAN & PAULIN LTD'. | SRH photo 2006 | Picture |
London EC1 |
Courage & Co Ltd Southwark SE1 | Farringdon, 23 Exmouth Market | Exmouth Arms | On the corner splay above the entrance, a large tiled panel - gold letters on green - 'COURAGES FINE ALE & STOUT'. 'COURAGES' is a long diagonal with the rest horizontal. Other tiles suggest a date of 1915 for the building. Also a relatively old Courage lantern. | MAP 2003; WRB photo 2006 | Picture |
London EC1 |
Charrington & Co Ltd London E1 | Farringdon, 6 Carthusian Street | Sutton Arms | Internal. In the bar, the bar-back has 'CHARRINGTON'S' across the timber top-piece. | SP 2004 | . |
London EC1 |
Courage & Barclay Ltd Southwark SE1 | Finsbury, 1 Arlington Way | Shakespeares Head | The windows have Courage cockerels, plus gold lettering 'COURAGE & BARCLAY', most of which has apparently 'fallen off'. Courage & Barclay Ltd only existed from 1955 to 1960, and this would agree with the apparent age of this pub. | WRB photo 2007 | Picture |
London EC1 |
Watney Combe Reid & Co Ltd - Stag Brewery, Pimlico; and Mortlake Brewery | Old Street, 220 City Road | Royal Star | Two 'Stag' lanterns. | WRB photo 2006 | Picture |
London EC1 |
Taylor Walker & Co Ltd Limehouse E14 | Old Street, 73 City Road | Angel | There is a fine old decorative etched window with the brewery's trade mark, a cannon, illustrated. Also at least four etched windows with 'Taylor Walker' in gold lettering, two with a 'cannon'. Finally, a modern board sign on the corner with the pub name and 'TAYLOR WALKER'. | SRH photo 2006; WRB photo 2006; JSe photo 2009 | Picture |
London EC1 |
Whitbread & Co Ltd London EC1 | Old Street, Baldwin Street | Old Fountain | One of the front doors features the Whitbread tankard in the glass; together with a letter 'W' and the brewery's 'deer' trademark. | SP 2009; SRH 2009; JSe photo 2009 | Picture |
London EC2 |
Courage Ltd - London, Bristol, etc | Moorgate, 52 Wilson Street | Flying Horse | Hanging illuminated sign - Gold Courage cockerel on red background. | WRB 2003 | . |
London EC2 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Shoreditch, 38 Great Eastern Street | Old Blue Last | A painted but fading stone sign on the gable wall of the next-door building is obscured by a hoarding and is barely visible: 'The Old Blue Last. The First House Where Porter Was Sold. Truman Hanbury, Buxton & Co. Entire'. On the curved corner parapet is a stone panel with incut lettering which is getting difficult to read: 'OLD BLUE LAST ... AD (?) 1700 ... REBUILT 1876 ... TRUMAN HANBURY BUXTON cos ENTIRE'. There is also a window with 'TRUMAN'S LONDON' in gold lettering. Also relatively modern Truman painted board signs. | DK 2003; WRB photo 2006 | Picture |
London EC2 |
Meux's Brewery Co Ltd - Horseshoe Breweries: London WC1 and SW8 | Shoreditch, 93 Leonard Street | Griffin | A fine tiled frontage in shades of brown and maroon. Several framed tiled panels with lettering in dark brown: (1) 'MEUX'S FAMOUS STOUT AND PERFECT PALE ALES IN BOTTLE AND ON DRAUGHT' (2) 'MEUX'S PERFECT ALES' (3) 'MEUX'S FAMOUS STOUT' (two examples). Also two etched windows with a horse shoe surrounding - 'MEUX'S'. MDa points out that the pub also has signs for Young's, Charrington, Whitbread and Ind Coope (Allied Breweries)! | WRB photo 2006; MDa 2008 | Picture |
London EC3 |
Charrington & Co Ltd London E1 | Aldgate, 36 Jewry Street | Hennessy's (until 2003 was the Three Tuns) | This pub has two exterior 'Toby' plaques - these are just about six inches square. Inside the ground floor bar are two much larger, wall-mounted Toby plaques which also have the legend "A CHARRINGTON'S HOUSE". These may have previously been outside. | SRH photo 2006 | Picture |
London EC4 |
Worthington & Co Ltd Burton-upon-Trent | Blackfriars, 174 Queen Victoria Street | Black Friar | Four art nouveau plaques - four different variations - all advertising Worthington Burton Ales - on draught, in bottle etc. A CAMRA National Inventory pub. | SP photo 2005 | Picture |
London EC4 |
Courage & Co Ltd Southwark SE1 | City, 29 Bush Lane | Bell | Gold Courage cockerel atop the hanging sign. Red projecting sign with gold Courage cockerel. Inside, the bar-back canopy has 'THE BELL ... COURAGE' cut-out lettering, illuminated from behind. | WRB 2006; BI 2008; SP 2010 | . |
London EC4 |
Wm Younger & Co Ltd Edinburgh | City, 42 Ludgate Hill | Olde London | Leaded windows include lettering 'WM YOUNGER ... EST 1749'. Each side is 'LUNCHEONS ... SCOTCH ALE'. | WRB photo 2006 | Picture |