| County | Brewery | Location | Premises | Description | Contributors | Photo? Gone? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
London E 1 |
Charrington & Co Ltd Mile End, E1 | Aldgate, 1 Little Somerset Street | Still & Star | A sign board to the side wall with 'STILL AND STAR' and 'CHARRINGTON' lettering above a 'Toby' motif in silhouette superimposed upon a Bass 'red triangle' motif. This pub also retains Charrington's leaded windows. | TrC photo 2016; SP photo 2018 | Picture |
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; Google 2018 | Picture |
London E 1 |
Taylor Walker & Co Ltd Limehouse, E14 | Shadwell, 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 |
Meux's Brewery Co Ltd - Horseshoe Breweries: London WC1 and SW8 | Shadwell, 232 Cable Street | Britannia (former) | Closed 1996 and converted to residential. Faded painted lettering is still visible on the fascia: 'MEUX'S FAMOUS STOUT AND ALES'. | TrC 2014 | . |
London E 1 |
Mann, Crossman & Paulin - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Shadwell, 513 Cable Street | Kings Arms (former) | This pub has been converted to flats. In a shallow recess above the corner door it has an old (1930s?) sign 'KINGS ARMS' over 'MANN CROSSMAN PAULIN CELEBRATED BROWN ALE' in the style of a bottle label - very similar to the one at the Little Crown, London, SE16. The sign has been nicely restored. | SRH 2007; TrC photo 2013 | Picture |
London E 1 |
Charrington & Co Ltd Mile End, E1 | Shadwell, 56 Cannon Street Road | Crown & Dolphin (former) | The pub was closed in 2002 and has been converted to flats. The hanging sign survived for some years and had faded 'CHARRINGTON' lettering. Hanging sign removed by 2020. | TrC 2015; Google 2020 | . GONE |
London E 1 |
Watney Combe Reid & Co Ltd - Stag Brewery, Pimlico; and Mortlake Brewery | Shadwell, 72 Back Church Lane | Dog & Truck | A 'WATNEY COMBE REID - 1898' roundel above the hanging sign. In 2022, reported that the roundel has been removed from the sign bracket and fixed to a wall in the beer garden. | TrC 2014 and 2022 | . |
London E 1 |
Charrington & Co Ltd Mile End, E1 | Shoreditch, 199 Shoreditch High Street | Norfolk Village (demolished) | Gold raised lettering on black panel between first and second floor windows - 'CHARRINGTON - EST 1757'. The pub was demolished in 2004 in connection with the East London line extension. | BL 2003; WRB 2006 | . GONE |
London E 1 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Shoreditch, 226 Shoreditch High Street | Crown & Shuttle | The pub reopened in 2013 after a period of about 12 years' dormancy. The fascia has raised lettering, painted over but still visible: 'TRUMAN'S ALES AND STOUT'. Between first and second floor windows, the pub name survives in relief in an attractive panel. | BL 2003; WRB photo 2006; TrC 2014; Google 2018 | Picture |
London E 1 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Shoreditch, 64 Shoreditch High Street | White Horse (former) | This corner pub was re-built for Trumans in 1931. It had two Truman's windows with a gold eagle in a roundel, and there wers two panels of decorative ironwork featuring the initial 'T'. Google in 2019 shows that the brewery features have been removed. | SRH photo 2006; WRB photo 2007; Google 2019 | Picture GONE |
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, built 1934-1936. 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. Two modern Truman board signs at first floor level. 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. A listed building. | GB 2003; PCo 2005; SRH photo 2006; WRB photo 2006; KR 2006; SP photo 2009 | Picture |
London E 1 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Spitalfields, 157 Brick Lane | Jolly Butchers (former) | Converted to a coffee shop. 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; SRH photo 2006; WRB photo 2006 | Picture |
London E 1 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Spitalfields, 40-42 Commercial Street | Princess Alice (former) | Two relatively modern painted board signs, one at each side of the corner splay to the first floor. They feature the brewery's 'eagle' logo and Truman lettering. | TrC 2014; Google 2019 | . |
London E 1 |
Whitbread - the national brewery conglemerate | Spitalfields, 42 Osborn Street | Archers Tavern | Mounted above the hanging sign facing Old Montague Street: 'WHITBREAD PLC ... 1742' in an oval around the brewery's 'deer' trademark, surrounded by hop leaf and barley decoration. The pub was renamed 'Buxton' in 2019 and the Whitbread sign has been removed. | TrC 2014; TrC 2019; Google 2019 | . GONE |
London E 1 |
Watney Combe Reid & Co Ltd - Stag Brewery, Pimlico; and Mortlake Brewery | Spitalfields, 49 Brick Lane | Seven Stars (former) | Closed in 2002 and converted to a restaurant. A board to the south wall has fading painted lettering: 'WATNEYS ... ALES & STOUT ... COOLED LAGERS'. The Watneys sign was removed some time after February 2018. | SP photo 2009; TrC 2014; RMi 2016; Google 2018-2019; TrC 2023 | Picture GONE |
London E 1 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Spitalfields, 54 Brushfield Street | Gun (demolished) | An attractive brick-built corner pub, with Truman's livery of modern appearance, well-maintained. Includes painted fascia and board signs; lanterns; and an oval plaque. The pub was demolished in 2015 and the site has been redeveloped. | WRB photo 2006; TrC 2016; Google 2015-2019 | Picture GONE |
London E 1 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Spitalfields, 69 Brick Lane | Laurel Tree (former) | Rebuilt by Truman's Brewery in 1901. 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 | Spitalfields, 84 Commercial Street | Ten Bells | Old painted fascias with 'TRUMAN'S BEERS' on both elevations were revealed after 2008 when more modern fascias were removed. Truman's lettering on the windows appears to have been removed by 2016. Notable tiling inside. | GB 2003; PM 2003; PCo 2005; WRB photo 2006; Google 2008-2016. | 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; SP photo 2009 | Picture |
London E 1 |
Taylor Walker & Co Ltd Limehouse, E14 | Stepney Green, 230 Mile End Road | Kings Arms (former) | Taylor Walker 'cannon' above the hanging sign. Converted to a restaurant. | SP 2022 | . |
London E 1 |
Charrington & Co Ltd Mile End, 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 and named 'Toby Lodge'. | 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 top of the building; this is now faded and starting to become illegible. By 2016, the tiling had been painted over, and is now effectively illegible. | SRH photo 2006; TrC 2017 | Picture OBSCURED |
London E 1 |
John Furze & Co Whitechapel, E1 | Stepney, 230 Commercial Road | Lord Nelson (former) | Converted to retail. Carved in the stonework of the fascia are two shields with St George's cross - thought to be the trade mark of Furze's brewery. | KSm 2013; SP photo 2013 | Picture |
London E 1 |
Watney Combe Reid & Co Ltd - Stag Brewery, Pimlico; and Mortlake Brewery | Stepney, 240 Commercial Road | Hungerford Arms | The pub retains a projecting 'Watney Combe Reid' roundel. | SP 2013 | . |
London E 1 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Stepney, 269 Stepney Way (corner of Diggon Street) | Clare Hall (former) | By A E Sewell, 1920s. Converted to a chicken takeaway shop. 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'. Hidden beneath the modern fascia signs is tiled lettering which can be seen on our 2000 photograph: 'ALES - TRUMAN'S - STOUT' and 'WINES - BURTON ALES - TRUMAN'S - LONDON STOUT - SPIRITS'. | BHu photo 2000; GB 2003; KR photo 2006; WRB photo 2006 | Picture |
London E 1 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Stepney, 36 Globe Road | Horn of Plenty | A Truman lantern to the Alderney Road fascia, left side. | TrC 2016 | . |
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 became a shop. 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 |
Charrington & Co Ltd Mile End, E1 | Stepney, 543-547 Commercial Road | Royal Duchess (demolished) | A rebuilt postwar pub. In a panel between ground floor windows of the Head Street frontage, there was an unusual large Charrington's Toby logo. The pub was demolished in about 2016 to be replaced by a block of flats. | TrC 2014; Google photo 2015; TrC 2017 | Picture GONE |
London E 1 |
Watney Combe Reid & Co Ltd - Stag Brewery, Pimlico; and Mortlake Brewery | Stepney, 91 Stepney Way | Artichoke | Closed 2001 and boarded up. A 'WATNEY COMBE REID - 1898' roundel tops the pole sign. | TrC 2014 | . |
London E 1 |
Watney Combe Reid & Co Ltd - Stag Brewery, Pimlico; and Mortlake Brewery | Stepney, 93-95 Commercial Road | Gloster Arms (former) | Converted to retail. It retains a projecting 'Watney Combe Reid' roundel. | SP 2013 | . |
London E 1 |
Taylor Walker & Co Ltd Limehouse, E14 | Wapping, 1 Green Bank | Turks Head | This pub closed in the late 1950s, but from the 1990s has been used as a cafe and workshops; in 2015 it was again licensed to sell alcohol. 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; CPr photo 2017 | 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 | Sir Sidney Smith | By A E Sewell for Trumans, 1930s. Parts of the cream and dark green frontage have been painted black. The painted-over tiled fascia has raised gold lettering: 'ALES ... TRUMANS ... STOUT'. At second floor level is a rectangular panel with a gilded Truman eagle and the original pub name 'SIR SIDNEY SMITH'. Above the third floor windows is a large rectangular panel with 'TRUMAN'S'. Four Truman lanterns at ground floor level have been removed. | SGi 2001; GB 2003; SRH photo 2006; KR photo 2006; TrC 2014; Google 2014 | 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, 135 Cannon Street Road | Golden Lion (former) | Closed in around 1989 and converted to a restaurant. On the Cannon Street Road frontage, an arched hanging sign bracket survives with the name 'TAYLOR WALKER' painted out. | TrC 2015 | . |
London E 1 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Whitechapel, 15 Prescot Street | Princess of Prussia | A narrow-fronted Shepherd Neame pub which for many years had modern board signs, but in about 2014, the original magnificent Truman's tiling was revealed. On the top gable, gold lettering: 'PRINCESS OF PRUSSIA'. Above the second floor windows, gold lettering: 'TRUMAN HANBURY BUXTON & Co Ltd'. Between the first and second floor windows, green lettering: 'BURTON BREWED PALE & OLD ALES'. Ground floor fascia around the bay window, green lettering: 'TRUMANS STOUT ... MILD ALES ... PORTER'. | Google 2014; TrC 2017 | . |
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; the arch has 'George and Dragon' motifs each side at its base. There is also a stone 'George and Dragon' in relief below the clock above the first floor. | WRB photo 2006; SP photo 2009; TrC 2015 | Picture |
London E 1 |
Watney Combe Reid & Co Ltd - Stag Brewery, Pimlico; and Mortlake Brewery | Whitechapel, 337 Whitechapel Road | Blind Beggar | Formerly the Mann Crossman & Paulin brewery tap. A 'WATNEY COMBE REID - 1898' roundel tops a projecting sign frame. Large circular sign on the end wall, includes 'WATNEY COMBE REID' in a circle around a stag (badly degraded), and the pub name beneath. Two curved 'WATNEY COMBE REID' letter signs above the picture windows. | SP photo 2009; TrC 2014 | Picture |
London E 1 |
Courage Ltd - London, Bristol, etc | Whitechapel, 44 Commercial Road | Castle | Two small square projecting signs with Gold Courage cockerel on red background - on the Commercial Road and Goodmans Stile frontages; also a projecting gold Courage cockerel to the Commercial Road frontage. All the Courage signs removed by 2016. | TrC 2014; TrC 2017 | . GONE |
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. | CPr 2007 and 2009 after CAMRA mag; PLo photo 2021 | Picture |
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 1 |
Taylor Walker & Co Ltd Limehouse, E14 | Whitechapel, 89 Whitechapel High Street | White Hart | A Taylor Walker 'cannon' mounted above the hanging sign. | SP 2013 | . |
London E 2 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Bethnal Green, 12 Chilton Street | Britannia (former) | Corner of Granby Street. This pub is closed and in residential use. It remains fully fronted in green faience tiles and includes a tiled fascia: (Granby Street elevation) 'TRUMANS BURTON BREWED PALE & OLD ALES'; (Chilton Street elevation) 'STOUT ... MILD ALE ... PORTER'. Also one Truman's lantern. | SRH photo 2006; SP photo 2009 | Picture |
London E 2 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Bethnal Green, 137 Hackney Road | Flying Scud (demolished) | 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. 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 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Bethnal Green, 143 Bethnal Green Road | Well & Bucket | A pub which closed and then reopened. What appears to be an old painted fascia was revealed in 2014, with gold lettering: 'TRUMAN'S BEERS ... WELL & BUCKET ... WINES & SPIRITS'. | SP photo 2014 | Picture |
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 retail use. Similar to the nearby SHAKESPEARE (qv). | WRB photo 2006; SRH photo 2006; SP photo 2014 | Picture |
London E 2 |
Taylor Walker & Co Ltd Limehouse, E14 | Bethnal Green, 230 Bethnal Green Road | Green Gate (former) | At first-floor level, the remains of the projecting sign with 'Taylor Walker' and the cannon device. Now a shop. | SP 2009 | . |
London E 2 |
Watney Combe Reid & Co Ltd - Stag Brewery, Pimlico; and Mortlake Brewery | Bethnal Green, 255 Globe Road | Florist Arms | A projecting 'WATNEY COMBE REID - 1898' circle around a 'Stag' device above the sign bracket to the former hanging sign. | TrC 2014 | . |
London E 2 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Bethnal Green, 287 Cambridge Heath Road | Green Man (former) | Fascia - gold lettering on green tiles - 'TRUMANS BEERS' etc. In 2006, reported removed. Was the 'City View Hotel' and 'Mr Cod' chip shop by 2008. | BL 2003; SRH 2006; Google 2008 | . GONE |
London E 2 |
Taylor Walker & Co Ltd Limehouse, E14 | Bethnal Green, 339 Cambridge Heath Road | Dundee Arms | A Taylor Walker 'cannon' - painted black - above the hanging sign. | TrC 2014 | . |
London E 2 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Bethnal Green, 397 Bethnal Green Road | Old George | A corner pub with relatively modern board fascias: 'TRUMAN FINE ALES ... LONDON BREWERS SINCE 1666', plus eagle illustrations. | SP 2014 | . |
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 Mile End, E1 | Bethnal Green, 423 Bethnal Green Road | Bohola House (formerly Albion) | 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. In 2018 a tiled fascia was revealed with 'ALES ... CHARRINGTON'S ... STOUT'. | SRH 2006; WRB photo 2006; SP photo 2014; TrC photo 2018 | Picture |
London E 2 |
Watney Combe Reid & Co Ltd - Stag Brewery, Pimlico; and Mortlake Brewery | Bethnal Green, 42-44 Pollard Row | Bethnal Green Working Mens Club | Adjacent to the front door, a projecting illuminated plastic sign with 'BORO ... BETHNAL GREEN ... W.M.C.' beneath 'WATNEY COMBE REID - 1898' in a roundel with 'stag' illustration. | TrC 2021 | . |
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 was covered by a new sign in 2006. Similar to the nearby CROWN (qv). | DK 2003; BL 2003; WRB photo 2006 | Picture |
London E 2 |
Watney Combe Reid & Co Ltd - Stag Brewery, Pimlico; and Mortlake Brewery | Bethnal Green, 473 Bethnal Green Road | Ship (former) | Closed 2000 and converted to commercial use. The degraded hanging sign survives, above which is a 'WATNEY COMBE REID - 1898' circle around a 'Stag' device. The hanging sign and the WCR roundel were removed in about 2016. | TrC 2014; TrC 2017 | . GONE |
London E 2 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Bethnal Green, 64 Ellsworth Street | Duke of York (demolished) | 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, 67 Roman Road | Black Horse (former) | Closed 1995 and converted to commercial use. Green-tiled frontage and the pub name at high level on the front elevation. On the side wall is a Truman's board sign, now painted over. | TrC 2014 | . |
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'. The interior features panelling with lettering in gold advertising Truman's range of beers: 'TRUMANS EAGLE ALE … TRUMANS IMPERIAL STOUT … BEN TRUMAN … BARLEY WINE … MILD ALES'. A listed building. | SRH photo 2006; TrC 2018 | Picture |
London E 2 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Bethnal Green, 80 Columbia Road | Birdcage | Good green-tiled frontage. Two Truman's lanterns: one over the Columbia Road entrance and one over the Gosset Road/Wellington Row entrance. Two Truman's boards: one at first floor level on the Columbia Road frontage and a heavily degraded one to the Wellington Row frontage. | TrC 2014 | . |
London E 2 |
City of London Brewery Co Ltd London, EC4 | Bethnal Green, Three Colts Lane / Violet Street | Duke of Wellington (demolished) | On the parapet to the Violet Street frontage: 'CITY OF LONDON BREWERY COMPANYS ENTIRE'. The pub was demolished in 2012. | RF 2002 on info Alan Walker; WRB photo 2006; WRB 2012 | Picture GONE |
London E 2 |
Watney Combe Reid & Co Ltd - Stag Brewery, Pimlico; and Mortlake Brewery | Globe Town, 230 Roman Road | Beehive (former) | Closed 1997 and converted to residential. A 'WATNEY COMBE REID - 1898' roundel tops a projecting sign frame. | TrC 2014 | . |
London E 2 |
Watney Combe Reid & Co Ltd - Stag Brewery, Pimlico; and Mortlake Brewery | Haggerston, 112 Pritchards Road | Perseverance | An attractive 1930s pub with cream faience and green glazed tiled frontage. Above the first floor windows, a projecting roundel with 'WATNEY COMBE REID - 1898' and 'stag' motif. | TrC 2018 | . |
London E 2 |
Ind Coope Ltd - Station Street, Burton-upon-Trent and 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 |
Watney Combe Reid & Co Ltd - Stag Brewery, Pimlico; and Mortlake Brewery | Haggerston, 3 Kingsland Road | Spread Eagle | A 'WATNEY COMBE REID - 1898' roundel with a 'stag' illustration inside tops the bracket to the hanging sign. | TrC 2014 | . |
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. The fascia has since been covered over by a modern board | SRH photo 2006 | Picture GONE |
London E 2 |
West's Brewery Co Ltd Bethnal Green, E2 | Haggerston, 94 Goldsmiths Row | Duke of Sussex (renamed) | At first floor level on the corner splay, a large mosaic sign with 'WEST'S BREWERY CO.LTD' and three gold crowns, on a background of diamonds in brown and red. In recent years the sign has been obscured by a modern board sign. | BHS photo | Picture OBSCURED |
London E 2 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Shoreditch, 73 Cheshire Street | Carpenters Arms | To the ground floor right-hand side on Cheshire Street, a Truman's board with a gold Truman's 'eagle' motif. This sign is often obscured by a metal roller grille. | TrC 2021 | . |
London E 3 |
Hoare & Co Ltd London, E1 | Bow, 125 Bow Road | Little Driver | Interior. A massive 'Hoare & Co's Celebrated Stout' gilded mirror on the right hand wall. | CAMRA; RHu 2019 | . |
London E 3 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Bow, 127 Grove Road | Palm Tree | By Eedle & Meyers for Trumans, 1935. Located within Mile End Park. Tiled panel above the corner door: 'TRUMANS'; a large eagle with 'ESTd 1666'; and the pub name. A listed building. | SRH photo 2006; WRB photo 2006 | Picture |
London E 3 |
Smith, Garrett & Co Ltd Bow, E3 | Bow, 129 Antill Road | Duke of York (former) | Converted to residential use, but retains some 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, 448 Roman Road | Young Prince | To the right of the first floor windows, a Truman's lantern. This is a relatively modern feature, as the pub was historically Charrington's. | TrC 2022 | . |
London E 3 |
Charrington & Co Ltd Mile End, E1 | Bromley-by-Bow, 1 Gillender Street | Queen Victoria (former) | Former address: 179 St Leonards Street. Closed in about 2001 and converted to residential use. On the front elevation of this former pub, two tiled panels. (1) Flying tankard; 1757; 'CHARRINGTON ... THE HOUSE OF TOBY'. (2) Bas-relief Toby jug with 'TOBY ALE'. | CPr 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 and for many years the exterior was unrestored. There are two rectangular tiled plaques - dark green lettering on cream background - 'TAYLOR WALKER & Co'S ... PRIZE ALES AND STOUT'. Until 2017, only that on the Talwin Street elevation was visible. Between 2017 and 2018, the whole of the original green-tiled frontage was restored. In addition to the two plaques, similar style fascia tiling on both elevations reading: 'PRIZE ALES ... TAYLOR WALKER's ... AND STOUT'. | RF 2003; CP 2003; GB 2004; NB 2006; SRH photo 2006; TrC 2019 | Picture |
London E 3 |
London & Burton Brewery Co Ltd Stepney, E14 | Mile End, 2 Grove Road | Prince of Wales (former) | Converted to a restaurant. The iron bracket supporting the pub sign has 'LBB' within the ironwork. | SRH 2006; WRB photo 2006; CP 2009; Google 2019 | Picture |
London E 3 |
Charrington & Co Ltd Mile End, E1 | Mile End, 30 Grove Road | Railway Tavern (former) | Originally the 'Railway Hotel'. Three tiled 'House of Toby' plaques - all the same design. 'CHARRINGTONS ... 1757'; a 'Toby' image with 'TOBY ALE'; 'THE HOUSE OF TOBY'. Two facing Grove Road; the third facing Morgan Street. This pub closed in 2000 and is in residential use. The three Toby plaques survive. Original Charrington's fascia tiling may survive beneath a modern fascia board. | DK 2003; CP 2003; SRH photo 2006; WRB photo 2006; Google 2019 | Picture |
London E 3 |
Watney Combe Reid & Co Ltd - Stag Brewery, Pimlico; and Mortlake Brewery | Mile End, 43 Morgan Street | Morgan Arms | At first floor level on the west (rear) wall, a small 'WATNEY COMBE REID - 1898' roundel with a 'stag' illustration in the centre. | TrC 2016; Google 2018 | . |
London E 3 |
Taylor Walker & Co Ltd Limehouse, E14 | Mile End, 588 Mile End Road | Horn of Plenty (former) | This modern pub was built by Allied Breweries as part of their Taylor Walker chain. It has had many names, possibly the CORNUCOPIA before it was rebuilt. 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'. | SRH photo 2008; TrC 2015 | Picture |
London E 5 |
Watney Combe Reid & Co Ltd - Stag Brewery, Pimlico; and Mortlake Brewery | Clapton, 135 Lower Clapton Road | Windsor Castle | Above the hanging sign, an empty 'WATNEY COMBE REID - 1898' circle with no 'Stag' device inside; two small Watney 'stag' lanterns. 2021: brewery signs removed. | TrC 2014 and 2021 | . GONE |
London E 5 |
Courage Ltd - London, Bristol, etc | Clapton, 42 Lower Clapton Road | Lord Cecil (former) | Closed as a pub in about 2006. Recently uncovered due to restoration of the Median Road facade at ground floor level, a tiled panel: 'COURAGE'S ALES & STOUT ... LUNCHEONS ... THE LORD CECIL'. | TrC 2017, TrC photo 2021 | Picture |
London E 5 |
Charrington & Co Ltd Mile End, E1 | Clapton, 57 Elderfield Road | Priory Tavern (renamed Elderfield) | The pub has a large oval 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. Four roundels with a Truman eagle survive on the fascia. | KR photo 2006 | Picture |
London E 5 |
Mann, Crossman & Paulin - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Clapton, 84 Upper Clapton Road | Crooked Billet | This pub was rebuilt in the 1950s and has two surviving Mann’s windows from that era, featuring the brewery's 'George and Dragon' trade mark and 'DECUS ET TUTANEM'. Uncovered around 2020 above the pole sign, a 'WATNEY COMBE REID - 1898' roundel, 'stag' illustration defaced. | SRH photo 2010; TrC 2021 | Picture |
London E 5 |
Charrington & Co Ltd Mile End, E1 | Clapton, 92 Rendlesham Road | London Tavern | A good set of surviving Charrington’s leaded windows with red painted lettering in the central panels: 'CHARRINGTON'S'; 'TOBY ALE'; 'TOBY STOUT'. | SRH photo 2010 | Picture |
London E 6 |
Cannon Brewery Co Ltd London, EC1 | East Ham, 1 Barking Road | Boleyn Tavern | Taylor Walker signs to the Green Street and Barking Road frontages at first floor level with arched tops and gold 'cannons' contained within. | TrC photo 2021 | Picture |
London E 7 |
London & Burton Brewery Co Ltd Stepney, E14 | Forest Gate, 392 Romford Road | Waggon & Horses (former) | The pub became a nightclub, then a restaurant. The fine tiled frontage and fascia may survive under modern work. The tiled fascia reads: 'THE LONDON & BURTON BREWERY'S SPARKLING ALES'. | BHS photo; SRH 2006 | Picture OBSCURED |
London E 8 |
Courage Ltd - London, Bristol, etc | Dalston, 142 Sandringham Road | Lord Stanley (former) | Closed in about 2002 and converted to commercial use. A Courage 'golden cockerel' sits in a glass panel above the corner doorway. | TrC 2014 | . |
London E 8 |
Taylor Walker & Co Ltd Limehouse, E14 | Dalston, 37 Kingsland High Street | Kingsland (formerly Bull Inn) | A black Taylor Walker 'cannon' device tops an empty sign frame. On the south corner at high level there was a large red 'SKOL' letter sign. In 2022, the pub has been renamed again. The cannon survives (painted gold), but the large Skol sign has gone. | TrC 2014 and 2022; Google 2014 | . |
London E 8 |
Whitbread & Co Ltd London, EC1 | Dalston, 40 Parkholme Road | Prince George | In raised lettering to the top of both sides of the freestanding poll sign: 'WHITBREAD'. | TrC 2018 | . |
London E 8 |
Charrington & Co Ltd Mile End, E1 | Dalston, 451 Queensbridge Road | Victoria | Internal: a multi-sided bar-back parapet, back-lit with 'WINES ... CHARRINGTON'S ... TOBY ALE ... [Toff motif] ... [Toby motif] ... WINES ... CHARRINGTON'S ... TOBY ALE ... SPIRITS'. | TrC 2018 | . |
London E 8 |
Watney Combe Reid & Co Ltd - Stag Brewery, Pimlico; and Mortlake Brewery | Dalston, 71 Shacklewell Lane | Shacklewell Arms (formerly Green Man) | A Watney Combe Reid lantern to the fascia, with lettering 'WATNEY COMBE REID - 1898' above and the 'stag' motif below. | TrC 2014 | . |
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 | Warburton Arms | 'J & WS Holt's Entire' sign high on wall. 2006: sign not visible. (Pub name changed to 'London Fields', then 'Martello Hall'.) | 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'. To the fascia's right-hand side, below the hanging sign, overpainted but still visible 'COURAGE'. | DK 2003; SRH photo 2008; JSe 2014; TrC 2021 | 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'. Also, two Truman's lanterns alongside the corner door. | WRB photo 2006; KR photo 2006; JSe photo 2014 | Picture |
London E 8 |
Watney Combe Reid & Co Ltd - Stag Brewery, Pimlico; and Mortlake Brewery | Hackney, 600 Kingsland Road | Crown & Castle (former) | Converted to a restaurant. It retains a projecting 'Watney Combe Reid' roundel. | SP 2013 | . |
London E 8 |
Charrington & Co Ltd Mile End, 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 8 |
Watney Combe Reid & Co Ltd - Stag Brewery, Pimlico; and Mortlake Brewery | Hackney, 83 Wilton Way | Royal Oak (former) | Long closed and converted to residential use. On the back wall, a board sign survives with the pub name and the remains of a roundel with 'WATNEY COMBE REID' heavily degraded and just '1898' remaining visible. | TrC 2021 | . |
London E 8 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Kingsland, 447 Kingsland Road | Prince of Wales (former) | Closed early 2000s and converted to residential. At high level on the north-facing wall is a large board sign with 'THE PRINCE OF WALES' flanked each side by Truman's 'eagle' motifs. | TrC 2014 | . |
London E 8 |
Watney Combe Reid & Co Ltd - Stag Brewery, Pimlico; and Mortlake Brewery | Shacklewell, 240 Amhurst Road | Amhurst Arms (renamed Hand of Glory) | A Watney Combe Reid lantern to the fascia, with lettering 'WATNEY COMBE REID - 1898' above and the 'stag' motif below. | TrC 2015 | . |
London E 9 |
Watney Combe Reid & Co Ltd - Stag Brewery, Pimlico; and Mortlake Brewery | Homerton, 101-103 Wick Road | Eagle | Above the hanging sign, a roundel with 'WATNEY COMBE REID - 1898' and 'stag' motif in the centre. | TrC 2014 | . |
London E 9 |
Charrington & Co Ltd Mile End, E1 | Homerton, 220 Victoria Park Road | Bedford Hotel (former) | Closed in about 1999 and converted to residential use. A hanging sign survives on the Wetherell Road frontage with fading 'CHARRINGTON' lettering. | TrC 2014 | . |
London E 9 |
Whitbread & Co Ltd London, EC1 | Homerton, 235 Well Street | Gun | On restoration, old fascia lettering has been revealed: 'WHITBREAD'S ALES & STOUT ... WHITBREAD'S ... ALES & STOUT ON DRAUGHT & IN BOTTLE'. | TrC photo 2014 and photo 2021 | 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 photo 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 E 9 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Homerton, 97 Wick Road | Prince Edward | A board sign within a window space at first floor level on the Barnabas Road frontage: the brewery's 'eagle' trade mark, and 'TRUMAN ... BEERS AND ALES ... LONDON BREWERS SINCE 1666 ... TRUMAN HANBURY BUXTON'. | TrC 2014; Google 2014 | . |
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 (former) | 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." The pub has since been converted to a betting office. | BHS photo; SP 2004; SRH 2006 | Picture GONE |
London E10 |
Ind Coope Ltd - Station Street, Burton-upon-Trent and Star Brewery, Romford | Leyton, 816 High Road | King William IV (William IV) | By Shoebridge & Rising for Cannon Brewery, 1897. Outside, a hanging sign topped by an Ind Coope 'hand' and '1856'. Inside, the bar-back in the rear room incorporates mirrors with 'WILLIAM IV - IND COOPE' in gold lettering (ca.1970s). | SP 2004; SRH photo 2006 | Picture |
London E11 |
Charrington & Co Ltd Mile End, 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 E11 |
Charrington & Co Ltd Mile End, E1 | Wanstead, 228 Cann Hall Road | Oak (former) | On the Woodhouse Road elevation, part of the old fascia revealed from 2018: '.....NGTON'. | Google 2018; TrC 2023 | . |
London E13 |
Watney Combe Reid & Co Ltd - Stag Brewery, Pimlico; and Mortlake Brewery | Plaistow, 28 High Street | Victoria Tavern | Above a vacant pole sign, a roundel and 'WATNEY COMBE REID - 1898' with central 'stag' device. | TrC 2023 | . |
London E13 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Plaistow, 299 Barking Road | Northumberland Arms (later Red House) | Large pub by A E Sewell for Trumans, 1930s. There are two surviving Truman's Eagle roundels, plus the remains of 'TRUMAN'S' lettering above each. Also two leaded windows with 'TRUMANS BEERS' in gold in a central panel. | SRH photo 2007 | Picture |
London E13 |
Taylor Walker & Co Ltd Limehouse, E14 | Plaistow, 384 Barking Road | Abbey (formerly 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 formerly had cannons in the brackets, but these have been removed. | GB 2002; WRB photo 2006; TrC 2021 | Picture |
London E13 |
Charrington & Co Ltd Mile End, E1 | Plaistow, 48 Plashet Road | Upton Manor (demolished) | 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 E14 |
Whitbread - the national brewery conglemerate | Bromley, 26 Aberfeldy Street | Aberfeldy (demolished) | Two oval plaques 'WHITBREAD & COMPANY - 1742': one above the pole sign; the second on the south wall of the west wing. By August 2014, the site was fenced off and sold for development. Reported demolished in 2015. | TrC 2014; TrC 2016 | . GONE |
London E14 |
Courage Ltd - London, Bristol, etc | Isle of Dogs, 26 Ferry Street | Ferry House | On the front elevation, a projecting square sign with gold Courage 'cockerel' on red background. Interior: Backlit in red to the bar's parapet: 'COURAGE ... THE FERRY HOUSE ... COURAGE'. | TrC 2014 and 2023 | . |
London E14 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Isle of Dogs, 262 Manchester Road | Cubitt Arms (former) | This pub had a notable interwar interior by Trumans, 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). Converted to flats in 2012. | PCo 2005; SP 2012 | . GONE |
London E14 |
Courage Ltd - London, Bristol, etc | Isle of Dogs, 41 Westferry Road | Anchor & Hope (former) | Pub closed c. 2005-2007 and later converted to another use. Two projecting square signs with gold Courage 'cockerel' on red background; one below the Westferry Road fascia (damaged) and one to the Manilla Street corner at first floor level. Fascia reads 'COURAGE FINE ALES...THE ANCHOR & HOPE...ESTABLISHED 1787'. Courage regalia removed around 2015. | TrC 2014 and 2023 | . GONE |
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. Closed in 2014, but window survives in 2019. | SRH photo 2007; TrC 2014; Google 2019 | Picture |
London E14 |
Watney Combe Reid & Co Ltd - Stag Brewery, Pimlico; and Mortlake Brewery | Limehouse, 556 Commercial Road | White Swan | At first floor level facing Butcher Row, a wall-mounted 'WATNEY COMBE REID - 1898' roundel with central 'stag' device. Also two scroll devices on the fascia with '1898 ... WATNEY COMBE REID' - either side of the pub's name. | TrC 2014; TrC 2017 | . |
London E14 |
Ind Coope Ltd - Station Street, Burton-upon-Trent and Star Brewery, Romford | Limehouse, 667 Commercial Road | Crown | On the hanging sign, a 'Hand in Tun' image, in corporate Allied style. | SP 2013 | . |
London E14 |
Courage Ltd - London, Bristol, etc | Limehouse, 805 Commercial Road | Star of the East | Severely degraded lettering to the east side of the hanging sign: 'THE STAR OF THE EAST ... COURAGE'. TrC reports that with renovations in 2018-2019, the Courage sign has been removed. | TrC 2017 and 2019 | . GONE |
London E14 |
Watney Combe Reid & Co Ltd - Stag Brewery, Pimlico; and Mortlake Brewery | Millwall, 114 Glengall Grove | George | A 'WATNEY COMBE REID - 1898' roundel tops the first floor sign; 'stag' motif faded. Four '1898 - WATNEY COMBE REID' scroll devices around the fascia. A 'WATNEYS' lantern to the first floor corner splay. | TrC 2015 | . |
London E14 |
Watney Combe Reid & Co Ltd - Stag Brewery, Pimlico; and Mortlake Brewery | Poplar, 150 East India Dock Road | Manor Arms | This is a former Watney's pub. On the splay above the corner door, a large restored painted board sign with a ribbon motif 'WATNEY COMBE REID - 1898' around a 'stag' illustration. Many of the ground floor windows have 'ribbons' with 'WATNEY COMBE REID ... 1898' around a central 'stag'. There is also a Charrington's 'Toby' jug motif in etched glass to a window on Wade Place. But all the window items are modern, having been installed between 2008 and 2012. | TrC 2014 and 2023; Google 2008 and 2012 | . |
London E14 |
Watney Combe Reid & Co Ltd - Stag Brewery, Pimlico; and Mortlake Brewery | Poplar, 17 Barnes Street | Old Ship | Above the former hanging sign is a modern roundel 'WATNEY COMBE REID ... 1898' around a stag illustration. Also two small round wall plaques of similar style. | SP 2012 | . |
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 (demolished) | Has an old rather faded board sign with an illustration of the 'Resolute' and 'TAYLOR WALKER'. There are also more modern Taylor Walker signs. TrC reports in 2014 that the pub has been demolished. | WRB photo 2006; TrC 2014 | Picture GONE |
London E14 |
Mann, Crossman & Paulin - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Poplar, 212 Hind Grove | Chimes (former) | This pub was built by Manns in 1951. It had three faded (one very faded) Mann's windows incorporating the brewery logo in red with gold lettering beneath: 'DRAUGHT & BOTTLED BEERS' and 'WINES & SPIRITS'. Google in 2015 indicates that premises are now in retail use and that the windows have been replaced. | SRH photo 2006; TrC 2015 | Picture GONE |
London E14 |
Mann, Crossman & Paulin - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Poplar, 269 East India Dock Road | Sir John Franklin (demolished) | Built by Watney-Mann in 1963, it had a rare 'MANNS' letter sign which was probably original. This pub had been boarded up for several years in 2006, and was demolished by 2009. | WRB photo 2006; TrC 2017 | Picture GONE |
London E14 |
Watney Combe Reid & Co Ltd - Stag Brewery, Pimlico; and Mortlake Brewery | Poplar, 55 Chrisp Street | Callaghanns (formerly Festive Britain) | A 'WATNEY COMBE REID' - 1898' roundel with 'stag' device on a bracket on the Chrisp Street elevation. | TrC 2014 | . |
London E14 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Poplar, 71 Grundy Street | Festival Inn | Designed by Frederick Gibberd, this pub was built for Truman's Brewery as part of the 'live' architecture section of the Festival of Britain in 1951. A Trumans painted board sign on the end gable, two late examples 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 (demolished) | 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 had plain glass windows at the front with 'HAMMERTON' and 'OATMEAL STOUT' etched in un-fancy lettering. Possibly a former beer house. SRH reports that the off-licence is converted to residential use. Amongst the first things destroyed and in the skip were the ceramic tiles on the ground floor frontage, and the Hammerton’s glass in the windows. | SRH 2007; SRH 2010 | . GONE |
London E15 |
Smith, Garrett & Co Ltd Bow, E3 | Stratford, 25 West Ham Lane | Princess of Wales | A modern fascia was removed in 2010 to reveal tiled lettering - cream on green: 'SMITH GARRETT'S PRIZE BEERS'. The tiling was quickly covered over again during a refurbishment. | CMu photo 2010 | Picture OBSCURED |
London E16 |
Charrington & Co Ltd Mile End, 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, Woodman Street (corner Glenister Street) | Royal Oak (former) | Only the ground floor of this corner pub survived the second World War. The exterior has fine dark green tiling, and on the Glenister Street elevation, there is 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'. The pub was closed by 2012, and in 2021, flats were being constructed above the former pub. | KR 2006; SRH photo 2007; Google 2021 | Picture |
London E16 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Victoria Dock, Bell Lane (off North Woolwich Road) | Ram Tavern (former) | By A E Sewell for Trumans, 1930s. Converted to a nightclub. On the corner splay is a clock (hands missing) with the numbers represented by letters: 'TRUMANSSREEB' (clockwise from 9 o'clock). | KR photo 2006 | Picture |
London E16 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Victoria Dock, Tidal Basin Road | Tidal Basin Tavern (demolished) | By A E Sewell, 1930s; this pub was featured in the 1964 film "The Leather Boys". On both the north and south end gables, it had a large tiled panel featuring the Truman eagle in a roundel above the pub name. There was also Trumans' lettering around the tiled fascias, which can be seen in the film. Demolished for redevelopment by 2014. | KR photo 2006; TrC 2014 | Picture GONE |
London E17 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Walthamstow, 108 Edward Road | Courtenay Stores (former) | A historic off-licence, the frontage of which was rebuilt by Truman's Brewery, probably in the 1930s. It is now a private residence, but it 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; TrC 2015 | Picture |
London E17 |
Charrington & Co Ltd Mile End, E1 | Walthamstow, 131 Markhouse Road | Common Gate (former) | Facing Queens Road, 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 E17 |
Taylor Walker & Co Ltd Limehouse, E14 | Walthamstow, 145 High Street | Chequers | A Taylor Walker 'Cannon' tops the sign frame facing the High Street. | TrC 2020 | . |
London E17 |
Charrington & Co Ltd Mile End, 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 E18 |
Charrington & Co Ltd Mile End, E1 | Woodford, Woodford New Road | Napier Arms | In the ironwork above the pole sign, an oval panel with 'Toby' - possibly emamel - and 'CHARRINGTON' underneath. In 2011, all Charrington signs were removed when the pub was refurbished. | WRB photo 2007; WRB 2011 | Picture GONE |