| County | Brewery | Location | Premises | Description | Contributors | Photo? Gone? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
London N 1 |
Watney Combe Reid & Co Ltd - Stag Brewery, Pimlico; and Mortlake Brewery | Barnsbury, 150 Copenhagen Street | Lord Nelson (former) | Closed and converted to residential. A 'WATNEY COMBE REID - 1898' roundel with 'stag' motif inset between windows to the first and second floor Copenhagen Street frontage. | TrC 2014 | . |
London N 1 |
Courage Ltd - London, Bristol, etc | Barnsbury, 193 Caledonian Road | Sutton Arms (former) | Long closed and converted to a restaurant. Heavily degraded gold lettering 'COURAGE' to the top of the corner splay's board. | TrC 2014 | . |
London N 1 |
Charrington & Co Ltd Mile End, E1 | Barnsbury, 29 Penton Street | Queens Arms (renamed Chapel Bar) | A recent refurbishment has unveiled Charrington's tiled fascias. On Donegal Street: 'Fine Ale ... CHARRINGTON'S ... Noted Stout'. On Penton Street: 'CHARRINGTONS'. All painted over but still visible. | TrC 2014; Google 2021 | . |
London N 1 |
Courage Ltd - London, Bristol, etc | Barnsbury, 297 Caledonian Road | Edinburgh Castle (renamed) | A Courage gold cockerel tops a sign bracket to the Caledonian Road fascia. | TrC 2014 | . |
London N 1 |
Courage Ltd - London, Bristol, etc | Barnsbury, 40 Half Moon Crescent | Duchess of Kent (former) | Closed in about 2005 and converted to residential. A square Courage sign with 'cockerel' motif on red background, flat mounted between the first and second floor windows to the Charlotte Terrace frontage. | TrC 2014 | . |
London N 1 |
Meux's Brewery Co Ltd - Horseshoe Breweries: London WC1 and SW8 | Barnsbury, 60 Copenhagen Street | Lark in the Park (formerly George IV) (demolished) | Had an etched window on the front with a red horseshoe and 'MEUX'S'. Reported in 2014 that the pub has been demolished. | SP photo 2006; TrC 2014 | Picture GONE |
London N 1 |
Barclay Perkins & Co Ltd Southwark, SE1 | Barnsbury, 64 Barnsbury Road | King Edward VII (former) (formerly Kings Head) | Closed and in use as a church since 1994. In glazed tiling at the top of pilasters at each end of the fascia, a raised monogram 'BP'. | TrC photo 2017 | Picture |
London N 1 |
Whitbread & Co Ltd London, EC1 | Barnsbury, 71 Barnsbury Street | Prince of Wales (former) | Long closed and converted to residential. An oval Whitbread plaque survives attached to the green tiled wall to the right of the entrance. It features a 'tankard' with raised 'W' and raised 'deer' motifs. | TrC photo 2020 | Picture |
London N 1 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Canonbury, 125 Newington Green Road | Edinburgh Cellars | Formerly the Edinburgh Tavern. A Truman box sign above the corner door, possibly 1970s. Removed by 2010. | SRH photo 2008; TrC 2010 | Picture GONE |
London N 1 |
Courage Ltd - London, Bristol, etc | Canonbury, 52 Canonbury Road | Myddleton Arms | A small square projecting Courage sign with 'cockerel' on red background to the left of the first floor windows, Canonbury Road frontage. This sign was removed in about 2016. | TrC 2014; Google 2016; TrC 2017 | . GONE |
London N 1 |
Taylor Walker & Co Ltd Limehouse, E14 | De Beauvoir Town, 113 Southgate Road | De Beauvoir Arms | Formerly Northgate, Dog & Dumplings, Jolly Farmers. A Taylor Walker 'cannon' motif tops a sign frame to the left of the first floor windows to the Southgate Road frontage. | TrC 2014 | . |
London N 1 |
Watney Combe Reid & Co Ltd - Stag Brewery, Pimlico; and Mortlake Brewery | De Beauvoir Town, 32 Hertford Road | Old Ivy House (former) | Closed in 2002. A projecting 'WATNEY COMBE REID - 1898' roundel with 'stag' motif tops a sign bracket to the left of the first floor windows. TrC reports that the Watney's roundel has been removed following conversion. Here in 2016 but gone by 2019. | TrC 2014 and 2020 | . GONE |
London N 1 |
Charrington & Co Ltd Mile End, E1 | Hoxton - Old Street, 2 Shepherdess Walk | Eagle Tavern | In 2022, uncovered to the Shepherdess Walk right-hand fascia 'Charrington' in faded gold lettering. | TrC photo 2022 | Picture |
London N 1 |
Barclay Perkins & Co Ltd Southwark, SE1 | Hoxton, 1 Southgate Road | Southgate Arms (former) | No longer a pub. On three elevations, a fine green tiled frontage with brown pilasters. Around the fascia in white lettering: 'BARCLAYS ALES & STOUT ... SOUTHGATE ARMS ... BARCLAYS ALES & STOUT ... SOUTHGATE ARMS ... BARCLAYS ALES & STOUT'. | GB 2003; WRB photo 2006; SP photo 2022 | Picture |
London N 1 |
Bass, Ratcliffe & Gretton Ltd Burton-upon-Trent | Hoxton, 133 Shepherdess Walk | Blockmakers Arms (former) | This pub has been converted to flats. In the lower pane of the left-hand window was a Bass blue triangle with 'TRADE MARK' lettering. Google indicates that the blue triangle was removed between 2009 and 2012. The pub name is above, in a tiled panel. | WRB photo 2006; ; TrC 2018; Google | Picture GONE |
London N 1 |
Wenlock Brewery Co Ltd Hoxton, N1 | Hoxton, 133 Shepherdess Walk | Blockmakers Arms (former) | For many years the fascia of this former pub had been painted grey. Removal of the paint in 2017 revealed beautiful fascia tiling: 'Fine Ales ... WENLOCK BREWERY ... and Stout ... Spirits'. | Google 2017; SP photo 2018 | Picture |
London N 1 |
Meux's Brewery Co Ltd - Horseshoe Breweries: London WC1 and SW8 | Hoxton, 202 Hoxton Street | Unicorn (former) | A Meux logo in a side window. It features a horse shoe with 'MEUX'S' in the middle and 'TRADE MARK' beneath. The pub closed in around 2002 and the ground floor has been converted to a pizza restaurant. | SRH photo 2006; AH 2013; SP photo 2022 | Picture |
London N 1 |
Ind Coope Ltd - Station Street, Burton-upon-Trent and Star Brewery, Romford | Hoxton, 257 Hoxton Street | Green Man (former) | Converted to retail. It retains an Ind Coope hand logo and '1856' in the ironwork above the former hanging sign. | AH photo 2013; SP photo 2022 | Picture |
London N 1 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Hoxton, 32 Pitfield Street | Hop Pole (former) | A three-storey brick corner building with dark green faience to the ground floor. The fascia has green lettering on cream tiles: (1) On Coronet Street - 'TRUMAN'S ALES'; (2) On Pitfield Street - 'TRUMAN'S ALES & STOUT'. Above the second-floor windows, the cornice on the Pitfield Street elevation has 'TRUMAN HANBURY BUXTON & CO LTD' - white raised lettering on brick coloured tiles. Both the fascia and cornice also feature the pub name. | WRB photo 2004 and 2006; SP photo 2017 | Picture |
London N 1 |
Taylor Walker & Co Ltd Limehouse, E14 | Hoxton, 45 Pitfield Street | Queens Head (demolished) | With the removal of a modern board sign in 2013, an attractive fascia was revealed with brown lettering on cream tiles: 'PRIZE BEERS ... TAYLOR WALKER'S ... WINES & SPIRITS'. Also a bracket for the pub sign with the brewery's 'cannon' in the ironwork. Demolished in 2015. | AH photo 2013; TrC 2016 | Picture GONE |
London N 1 |
Courage Ltd - London, Bristol, etc | Hoxton, 46 Fanshaw Street | Lion & Lamb | On the west gable wall, a large letter sign: 'TAKE COURAGE'. | WRB photo 2009 | Picture |
London N 1 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Hoxton, 55 Orsman Road | Stags Head | An elegant Truman's corner pub by A E Sewell, 1934-1936. Fascia with 'LONDON ... TRUMANS ... BURTON' and 'BURTON BITTER ... TRUMANS ... LONDON STOUT'. On the corner splay, a tiled panel with the pub name and a stag's head, and above this a Truman eagle in a roundel. The interior features panelling with lettering in gold advertising Truman's range of beers; plus TRUMAN'S lettering in two fixed mirrors over fireplaces. Also a three-sided illuminated bar-back parapet with 'BEN TRUMAN ... BURTON - TRUMANS - LONDON ... BURTON BREWED BITTER'. The background to the exterior signs was painted dark red in 2013. A listed building. | KR photo 2005; WRB photo 2006; CAMRA 2007; AH photo 2014; TrC 2016; SP photo 2022 | Picture |
London N 1 |
Charrington & Co Ltd Mile End, E1 | Hoxton, 7 Shepherdess Walk | William IV | Beneath the fascia, four spherical lanterns with metal bands reading 'CHARRINGTON'. A former Wenlock Brewery pub. | TrC photo 2018 | Picture |
London N 1 |
Courage Ltd - London, Bristol, etc | Hoxton, 71 Nile Street | Duke of Wellington (former) | On the splay above the corner door, a large sign in vertical lettering: 'COURAGE'. Also a small red sign with the Courage cockerel. Part of a modern fascia has fallen off, revealing slightly older Courage lettering beneath. Converted to other uses. Building works in 2020 resulted in removal of the signs. | SRH photo 2007; WRB 2007; AH 2013; Google 2021 | Picture GONE |
London N 1 |
Courage Ltd - London, Bristol, etc | Hoxton, 8 East Road | Three Crowns | An older-style Courage lantern with the cockerels in full colour; also 'COURAGE' on the hanging sign. With the restoration of the Barclay's fascia (qv), the Courage signs were removed. | WRB photo 2007 | Picture GONE |
London N 1 |
Barclay Perkins & Co Ltd Southwark, SE1 | Hoxton, 8 East Road | Three Crowns | Reopened in 2013; the exterior refurbishment features beautifully restored green-tiled Barclay's fascias: 'No 8 ... BARCLAY'S STOUT AND ALES ... WINES AND SPIRITS ... BARCLAY'S STOUT AND ALES'. | AH photo 2014; SP photo 2014 | Picture |
London N 1 |
Bass Charrington - London and Burton-upon-Trent | Islington, 109 St Pauls Road | Hen & Chickens | A large Bass sign (cursive) and a red triangle. Also 'CHARRINGTON' lettering on the fascia. | WRB photo 2006; SP photo 2019; TrC photo 2021 | Picture |
London N 1 |
E Lacon & Co Ltd Great Yarmouth | Islington, 140 St Pauls Road | Builders Arms (former) | Cream tiled fascia with red lettering including 'LACONS'. There is a bird in the painted glass of the front door, but it's not a falcon! Converted to flats. | WRB photo 2006 | Picture |
London N 1 |
Courage Ltd - London, Bristol, etc | Islington, 144 Essex Road | Green Man | A painted Courage board to the corner splay. A projecting Courage illuminated square sign with 'cockerel' motif on red background at first floor level on the Essex Road frontage was removed by 2017. Inside, a back-lit panel to the bar-back's parapet, green lettering on white: 'COURAGE' has also been removed. | TrC 2014; TrC 2016; Google 2017; SP photo 2022 | Picture |
London N 1 |
Barclay Perkins & Co Ltd Southwark, SE1 | Islington, 144 Essex Road | Green Man | In 2020, uncovered beneath the Essex Road picture window, a green and white tiled panel with 'BARCLAY'S ... ALES & STOUT'. There are six other overpainted panels which may be concealing similar history. | TrC photo 2020; SP photo 2022 | Picture |
London N 1 |
Charrington & Co Ltd Mile End, E1 | Islington, 148 Caledonian Road | Thornhill Arms | A three-storey corner building with a fine exterior. The ground floor frontage has marvellous dark brown faience tiles, and a curved cream fascia with dark-brown lettering: 'ALES - CHARRINGTONS - & STOUT - THORNHILL ARMS ALES - CHARRINGTONS - & STOUT'. Above the second-floor windows is a similar fascia on both frontages with the pub name, and four 'anchor' illustrations. There is also a modern Charrington projecting box sign with a 'Toby' on a plate, and ''The Sign of Good Food' (this had gone by 2008). | TN 2005; WRB photo 2006; Google 2008 | Picture |
London N 1 |
Charrington & Co Ltd Mile End, E1 | Islington, 16 Elia Street | Charles Lamb (formerly the Prince Albert) | A corner pub. Above the fascia on each elevation, a small tile with the 'Toby' character and 'THE HOUSE OF TOBY'. Both unfortunately painted over. | SP 2004; WRB photo 2006 | Picture |
London N 1 |
Taylor Walker & Co Ltd Limehouse, E14 | Islington, 1A Sudeley Street | Prince of Wales | Building activities and the removal of modern fascia boards in 2016 revealed applied lettering to the stonework above the windows and corner entrance: 'TAYLOR WALKER AND CO LTD ... PRINCE OF WALES ... TAYLOR WALKER PRIZE BEERS'. However, a further refurbishment in about 2017 involved a new name and the covering up of the whole ground floor in modern tiles. The Taylor Walker lettering may survive beneath. | TrC 2016 and 2018; Google 2017 | . GONE |
London N 1 |
Watney Combe Reid & Co Ltd - Stag Brewery, Pimlico; and Mortlake Brewery | Islington, 25 Danbury Street | Earl of Essex | Interior: painted on the bar-back are two Watney's red barrels! Earl's Brewery operated here for a short period in 2013-2014. | AH photo 2013; SP photo 2022 | Picture |
London N 1 |
Watney Combe Reid & Co Ltd - Stag Brewery, Pimlico; and Mortlake Brewery | Islington, 264 Liverpool Road | Kings Arms (former) | On the back wall, viewable from Islington Park Street, a large circular sign with: 'WATNEY COMBE REID' in a circle around a stag, and the pub name beneath. Converted to flats in about 1996. | WRB photo 2007; Google 2021 | Picture |
London N 1 |
Courage Ltd - London, Bristol, etc | Islington, 30 St Peters Street | Duke of Cambridge | A postwar box sign on the corner splay with the pub name, a picture of the Duke, and 'COURAGE'. The lettering appears to have neon tubing applied. | WRB photo 2006; SP 2022 | Picture |
London N 1 |
Charrington & Co Ltd Mile End, E1 | Islington, 33 Linton Street | Hanbury Arms | A striking 1930s building by Charringtons; on the tiled splayed corner, a tiled panel with the 'Toby' character and 'TOBY ALE'. Inside, a small portion of the original bar-back survives with cut-out lettering in the top panel, illuminated from behind: 'CHARRINGTONS - HANBURY ARMS - TOBY ALE'. In 2022, the corner Toby sign is obscured by planted material. | WRB photo 2006; SP photo 2022 | Picture |
London N 1 |
Charrington & Co Ltd Mile End, E1 | Islington, 340-342 Essex Road | Lord Clyde | Back-lit in white lettering on a dark background to the three-sided bar-back's parapet: 'TOBY STOUT WINES & SPIRITS ... WINES ALES CHARRINGTON'S STOUT SPIRITS ... TOBY ALE WINES & SPIRITS'. The Charrington's interior was ripped out in 2021, the pub name being changed to the Englefield. | TrC 2016; TrC 2022 | . GONE |
London N 1 |
Charrington & Co Ltd Mile End, E1 | Islington, 385 Liverpool Road | Adelaide Arms (former) | A plaque of beige tiles either side of the main entrance, featuring the 'flying tankard', a raised 'Toby', and 'THE HOUSE OF TOBY'. Converted to retail-office use by 2008. In 2015, the Toby plaques were painted over, though are still visible. | SRH photo 2008; Google 2008; TrC 2015 | Picture |
London N 1 |
Watney Combe Reid & Co Ltd - Stag Brewery, Pimlico; and Mortlake Brewery | Islington, 43 Cross Street | Crown & Anchor (former) | Closed as a pub in 2005 and converted to residential. To the Dagmar Terrace wall on the west side, a recessed painted board, relatively modern, reads 'CROWN & ANCHOR ... A SELECTION OF WINES & SPIRITS ... CELEBRATED ALES ... WATNEY COMBE REID'. Also at high level on the east wall, a roundel survives with 'WATNEY COMBE REID ... 1898' surrounding a stag. | AH photo 2014; TrC photo 2017; SP photo 2022; TrC 2022 | Picture |
London N 1 |
Charrington & Co Ltd Mile End, E1 | Islington, 54 Pentonville Road | Castle | To the left of the front door, a small 'Toby' in relief. | WRB photo 2007 | Picture |
London N 1 |
Barclay Perkins & Co Ltd Southwark, SE1 | Islington, 56 Upper Street | Three Wheatsheaves | Recently uncovered and reinstated after a long period of obscurity, a ceramic tiled fascia with raised lettering 'BARCLAY PERKINS & CO. LTD.' A frequently renamed pub. | TrC photo 2019; SP photo 2022 | Picture |
London N 1 |
Courage & Co Ltd Southwark, SE1 | Islington, 58 Penton Street | Salmon & Compass (Joker of Penton Street) | A tiled panel - cream tiles with a blue border and dark lettering: 'COURAGE'S ALES AND STOUT'. The panel had been restored by 2014, and the pub was renamed. | SRH photo 2006; SP photo 2014 | Picture |
London N 1 |
Barclay Perkins & Co Ltd Southwark, SE1 | Islington, 66 Cross Street | Old Parrs Head (former) | A corner building with a beautiful decorative exterior. The ground floor frontage is tiled in two shades of brown. On the fascia are the pub name and 'BARCLAY PERKINS & CO. LTD.'. Also two small tiled panels: 'OLD PARR'S HEAD ... LUNCHEONS DAILY'. Converted to a shop. | TACS magazine 1999; WRB photo 2006; SP photo 2019 | Picture |
London N 1 |
Watney Combe Reid & Co Ltd - Stag Brewery, Pimlico; and Mortlake Brewery | Islington, 72 Prebend Street | Duchess of Kent (former) | A small square lantern with the brewery name and 'stag' logo on its faces. A hanging box sign (possibly with internal illumination) with 'WATNEY COMBE REID ... ENTRANCE'. Both of these look to be of some age. There are also small modern roundels around each of two entrances; and two windows with what look like modern etched brewery logos. 2022: at least two Watney Combe Reid roundels have been removed. | AH photo 2013; SP photo 2022; TrC 2022 | Picture |
London N 1 |
Taylor Walker & Co Ltd Limehouse, E14 | Islington, 84 Essex Road | Half Moon | Has been renamed several times; in 2020 was 'Alpaca'. After many years concealed, original fascia tiling was revealed in 2020 with lettering: 'SALOON ... LOUNGE ... PRIZE ALES ... TAYLOR WALKER'S ... AND STOUT' and 'PRIZE ALES ... TAYLOR WALKER'S ... AND STOUT'. | TrC photo 2020; SP photo 2022 | Picture |
London N 1 |
Watney Combe Reid & Co Ltd - Stag Brewery, Pimlico; and Mortlake Brewery | Kingsland, 119 Balls Pond Road | Duke of Wellington | A projecting 'WATNEY COMBE REID - 1898' roundel with 'stag' motif atop the sign frame at second floor level to the Balls Pond Road Frontage. | TrC 2014 | . |
London N 2 |
Thorne Brothers Ltd Vauxhall SW8 | East Finchley, 136 High Road | Finchley Wines (off licence) | On the side (Leicester Road) elevation, a large heavily degraded painted sign at first floor level: 'GROCERY ... WINES, SPIRITS ... BOTTLED BEERS ... AGENTS FOR ... MEUXS & THORNES'. | TrC photo 2017 | Picture |
London N 4 |
Wenlock Brewery Co Ltd Hoxton, N1 | Finsbury Park, 164 Tollington Park | Park Tavern | From WhatPub (2018): "A recent refurbishment has resulted in the restoration of the Wenlock Ales signage." Includes 'WENLOCK ALES ... WINES ... SPIRITS'. Also, Bass Worthington features inside (qv). | Camra 2018; TrC 2021 | . |
London N 4 |
Bass Worthington Burton-upon-Trent | Finsbury Park, 164 Tollington Park | Park Tavern | To the interior rear bar, a bifurcated parapet probably dating from the 1930s. To the left side, three backlit panels. At front 'WORTHINGTON E'; Worthington 'shields' to each side. To the right side, three backlit panels. At front 'BASS' cursive with red 'triangle', Bass blue and green 'triangles' to each side. | TrC 2021 | . |
London N 4 |
Courage Ltd - London, Bristol, etc | Finsbury Park, 19 Perth Road | Sir Walter Scott | A Courage gold cockerel tops a sign frame at first floor level to the Perth Road frontage; an illuminated projecting Courage square sign with 'cockerel' motif on red background at ground floor level facing Perth Road. Renamed 'Faltering Fullback'. | TrC 2014 | . |
London N 4 |
Meux's Brewery Co Ltd - Horseshoe Breweries: London WC1 and SW8 | Finsbury Park, 240 Seven Sisters Road | Sir George Robey (demolished) | Two decorative corner plaques with 'MEUX'S ORIGINAL LONDON STOUT' in relief. After many years of increasing dereliction, the pub was demolished in 2015. | DK 2003; WRB photo 2007; TrC 2016 | Picture GONE |
London N 4 |
Ind Coope Ltd - Station Street, Burton-upon-Trent and Star Brewery, Romford | Finsbury Park, 263 Seven Sisters Road | Finsbury Park Tavern - currently Twelve Pins | Etched windows with 'SPECIAL BITTER ... DOUBLE DIAMOND ... IND COOPE'. Also a Taylor Walker 'cannon' mounted above the hanging sign. | WRB photo 2007; SP photo 2014 | Picture |
London N 4 |
Courage & Co Ltd Southwark, SE1 | Finsbury Park, 284 Seven Sisters Road | Blackstock | A letter sign - formerly neon-illuminated - at high level on the corner splay: 'TAKE COURAGE'. | WRB photo 2007; SP photo 2014 | Picture |
London N 5 |
Courage Ltd - London, Bristol, etc | Highbury, 226 Blackstock Road | Bank of Friendship | A gold Courage cockerel mounted above the hanging sign. Internally: to the bar's parapet 'COURAGE ... BANK OF FRIENDSHIP ... COURAGE' visible to both the public and lounge bar sides. In 2020, the fascia acquired repainted 'COURAGE' lettering, but the 'gold cockerel' had been removed. Four round lanterns with 'CHARRINGTON' bands had also been added (not related to the pub). | SP 2014; TrC 2014 and 2021; Google 2020 | . |
London N 5 |
Watney Combe Reid & Co Ltd - Stag Brewery, Pimlico; and Mortlake Brewery | Highbury, 26 Highbury Park | Highbury Barn Tavern | Newly applied retro lettering (possibly restoration; mid-2011 or later) to the corner splay at first and second floor levels 'WATNEY COMBE REID & CO ... IMPERIAL STOUT AND ALES' bisected by a 'stag' motif. | TrC 2014 | . |
London N 5 |
Courage & Co Ltd Southwark, SE1 | Highbury, 66 Drayton Park | Drayton Park Hotel (former) | A Courage neon letter sign 'COURAGE' between the first and second floor windows to the Martineau Road frontage. No longer a pub. Courage sign removed by 2023. | TrC photo 2010; TrC 2023 | Picture GONE |
London N 6 |
Charrington & Co Ltd Mile End, E1 | Highgate, 16 Highgate High Street | Dukes Head | Two spherical lanterns on the frontage which feature metal bands with 'CHARRINGTON'. The globes were part of the Charrington signage policy introduced in the mid 1980s. | TrC photo 2020 | Picture |
London N 6 |
Charrington & Co Ltd Mile End, E1 | Highgate, 98 North Road | Wrestlers Tavern | 'CHARRINGTON' lettering on both sides of the hanging sign, which looks to be of some age. By 2017, the hanging sign has been replaced, and the Charrington lettering has been removed. | AH photo 2013; TrC 2017 | Picture GONE |
London N 7 |
Taylor Walker & Co Ltd Limehouse, E14 | Holloway, 10 Annette Road | Lord Palmerston (renamed) | A Taylor Walker 'cannon' device tops the sign frame at first floor level to the Lowman Road frontage; a small Taylor Walker plaque to the right of the Lowman Road entrance. Also faded 'DOUBLE DIAMOND' lettering to the Annette Road ground floor left window. | TrC 2014 | . |
London N 7 |
Watney Combe Reid & Co Ltd - Stag Brewery, Pimlico; and Mortlake Brewery | Holloway, 124 Seven Sisters Road | Eaglet | Brown tiled fascia. Facing Hornsey Road, gold raised lettering: 'REID'S STOUT ... THE EAGLET ... WATNEY'S ALES'. | WRB photo 2007 | Picture |
London N 7 |
Courage Ltd - London, Bristol, etc | Holloway, 256 York Way | Butchers Arms (former) | Closed and converted to residential ca. 1994. To the left-hand side of the York Way entrance, tiling with a Courage 'cockerel' motif and 'COURAGE'. Covered with paint but still barely visible. | TrC 2022 | . |
London N 7 |
Watney Combe Reid & Co Ltd - Stag Brewery, Pimlico; and Mortlake Brewery | Holloway, 38 Parkhurst Road | Prince Edward | A 'WATNEY COMBE REID - 1898' roundel with 'stag' motif tops a freestanding sign frame in the Parkhurst Road beer garden. Raised lettering to the right of the Parkhurst Road fascia 'WATNEY COMBE REID'. Inside, back-lit illuminated 'WATNEY'S' and 'red barrel' motifs to the tops of the bar-back gantry. | TrC 2014, 2015 and 2021 | . |
London N 7 |
Meux's Brewery Co Ltd - Horseshoe Breweries: London WC1 and SW8 | Holloway, 427 Caledonian Road | Balmoral Castle (renamed) | A series of pilasters with ten tiled tablets at eye level; these have been painted over but the raised lettering is still just legible. They include the brewery name: 'MEUX'S PERFECT ALES' and 'MEUX FAMOUS STOUT'. The others have 'LUNCHEONS & SNACKS', 'IN BOTTLE & ON DRAUGHT' and 'WINES & SPIRITS'. The pub was later renamed CALLY. | RF 2002; WRB photo 2006; TrC 2014 | Picture |
London N 7 |
Courage & Co Ltd Southwark, SE1 | Holloway, 468 Caledonian Road | Pocock Arms (former) | Converted to residential use around the early 1990s. On the side (Roman Way) frontage, a tiled panel, covered by many years of paint, but the lettering is just visible: 'THE POCOCK ARMS ... COURAGE'S ... ALES & STOUT'. | TrC photo 2017 | Picture |
London N 7 |
Charrington & Co Ltd Mile End, E1 | Holloway, 83-91 Georges Road | Royal Victory (closed) | Ex Hoare & Co. In later years it became the Moynihan Arms, named after the then owners. At high level on two gables, panels with the Charrington 'Flying Tankard' in relief. At ground floor level, two tiled panels incorporating: 'Flying Tankard' emblem; '1757'; 'CHARRINGTON'; Toby jug emblem with 'TOBY ALE'; 'THE HOUSE OF TOBY'. Converted to residential use 'Charrington Court' by 2014, but the Charrington features survive. Google in 2012 showed part of the original fascia revealed with 'CHARRINGTON' tiled lettering, but this was rendered over when the property was converted. | PubWiki photo; WRB photo 2007; Google 2012; TrC 2014 | Picture |
London N 7 |
Whitbread & Co Ltd London, EC1 | Holloway, 95 Bride Street | Jolly Sisters (formerly New Queens Head) | Internal: An integrated leaded harlequinesque multi-coloured stained glass panel, with at centre in gold the 'deer' device and 'EST'D...1742'. | TrC 2018 | . |
London N 7 |
Watney Combe Reid & Co Ltd - Stag Brewery, Pimlico; and Mortlake Brewery | Lower Holloway, 109 Roman Way | Two Brewers | Mounted above the hanging sign bracket, a projecting 'WATNEY COMBE REID - 1898' circle with 'stag' device. Also two small 'WATNEY COMBE REID' lanterns, one to each side of the central entrance. | TrC 2014 | . |
London N 7 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Lower Holloway, 244 York Way | Rosie McCanns (former) (formerly New Copenhagen) | Closed 2013. It had a Trumans board sign at first floor level on the corner splay: the Eagle trade mark at the top, then: 'TRUMAN ... BEERS & ALES ... LONDON BREWERS SINCE 1666 ... HANBURY & BUXTON'. Removed 2014. | TrC 2014 | . GONE |
London N 7 |
Charrington & Co Ltd Mile End, E1 | Lower Holloway, 379 Caledonian Road | Prince Arthur | Renamed Doyles Tavern. Internal: to the bar parapet in backlit white lettering 'CHARRINGTON'S', flanked by illuminated 'snob' and 'Toby jug' motifs. | TrC 2023 | . |
London N 7 |
Courage Ltd - London, Bristol, etc | Lower Holloway, 46 North Road | Lamb Tavern (former) | Closed 2000s. 'TAKE COURAGE' letter sign (possibly once illuminated) to the Shearling Way frontage between the first and second floor windows. In 2023, recently uncovered, to the fascia 'COURAGE' in gold cursive script. | TrC 2014 and 2023 | . |
London N 7 |
Watney Combe Reid & Co Ltd - Stag Brewery, Pimlico; and Mortlake Brewery | Lower Holloway, 489 Liverpool Road | Adam & Eve (former) | Closed in 2003 and converted to a restaurant. A projecting 'WATNEY COMBE REID - 1898' roundel with 'stag' motif to the Liverpool Road frontage. | TrC 2014 | . |
London N 7 |
Wenlock Brewery Co Ltd Hoxton, N1 | Lower Holloway, 81 Holloway Road | Castle (former) | Closed as a pub in 2014 and converted to a restaurant. As part of the conversion process in 2015, modern board signs were removed to reveal a tiled fascia 'WINES … WENLOCK ALES … SPIRITS … WINES … THE CASTLE … SPIRITS'. Unfortunately another modern board sign was then applied to the corner of the fascia to advertise the new business, obscuring part of the original fascia. | Google 2015; TrC 2016 | . |
London N 8 |
Watney Combe Reid & Co Ltd - Stag Brewery, Pimlico; and Mortlake Brewery | Crouch End, 120 Park Road | Villiers Terrace (formerly Princess Alexandra) | Several small Watney's lanterns with 'stag' motifs. In late 2014, the pub was renovated, renamed ALEX, and the lanterns were removed. | TrC 2014; TrC 2015 | . GONE |
London N 8 |
Watney Combe Reid & Co Ltd - Stag Brewery, Pimlico; and Mortlake Brewery | Crouch End, 153 Crouch Hill | Harringay Arms | Mounted above the hanging sign bracket, a projecting 'WATNEY COMBE REID - 1898' circle with 'stag' device. | TrC 2014 | . |
London N 8 |
Charrington & Co Ltd Mile End, E1 | Crouch End, 23 Crouch End Hill | Railway Tavern | To the north wall at ground floor level, a Charrington's ceramic plaque with 'winged tankard - 1757' and below a 'Toby' motif and 'HOUSE OF TOBY' lettering. | TrC 2015 | . |
London N 8 |
Taylor Walker & Co Ltd Limehouse, E14 | Hornsey, 67 High Street | Great Northern Railway Tavern | A 'TAYLOR WALKER' name plate at the top of a remaining sign bracket and topped with a Taylor Walker 'cannon' device between the first and second floor windows. | TrC 2014 | . |
London N12 |
Taylor Walker & Co Ltd Limehouse, E14 | North Finchley, 975 High Road | Swan & Pyramids (former) | Converted to bar-restaurant use. A Taylor Walker 'cannon' motif to the top of the freestanding pole sign. | TrC 2015 | . |
London N15 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Tottenham, 197 Philip Lane | Lord Palmerston | Renamed 'Palm'. By A E Sewell for Trumans, 1930s. Beneath the windows, three air-bricks with 'THB'. Two 'eagle' Truman's motifs within roundels: one to the corner splay at ground floor level, the second to the Summerhill Road elevation at first floor level. | KR photo 2006; TrC photo 2023 | Picture |
London N16 |
Charrington & Co Ltd Mile End, E1 | Stamford Hill, 270 Stamford Hill | Turnpike House | On the side wall, a decorative cornice with 'CHARRINGTONS FINE ALES'. | SRH photo 2006 | Picture |
London N16 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Stoke Newington, 1 Matthias Road | Army & Navy | By architect A E Sewell for Trumans, about 1934. Good wedge-shaped exterior in brick and stone. On the corner splay is a stone panel with the pub name and the Truman eagle in a roundel. On the parapets right and left is lettering: 'TRUMAN'. The interior features panelling with lettering in gold advertising Truman's range of beers; plus TRUMAN'S lettering in the fixed mirror over a fireplace. A listed building. | WRB photo 2006; CAMRA 2007 | Picture |
London N16 |
Courage Ltd - London, Bristol, etc | Stoke Newington, 102 Stoke Newington Road | Caledonian Tavern (former) | Long closed; converted to a supermarket. A Courage gold cockerel tops a bracket to the left of the first floor windows. | TrC 2014 | . |
London N16 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Stoke Newington, 132 Stoke Newington Church Street | Red Lion | Three large tiled panels on the ground floor exterior, all the same. Lettering: 'THE RED LION ... TRUMAN HANBURY BUXTON & Co Ltd ... BURTON ALES'. They also incorporate a large image of a red lion. | WRB photo 2006; SRH photo 2007 | Picture |
London N16 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Stoke Newington, 146 Boleyn Road | Arundel Arms (demolished) | An 1930s Trumans pub by A E Sewell, closed and in deteriorating condition (2006). Above the first-floor windows on the Shellgrove Road elevation, the chimneys feature stone panels incorporating the Truman eagle trademark. There is a modern painted Truman board sign on the corner splay. Demolished by 2013. | WRB photo 2006; TrC 2013 | Picture GONE |
London N16 |
Watney Combe Reid & Co Ltd - Stag Brewery, Pimlico; and Mortlake Brewery | Stoke Newington, 18 Northwold Road | Cricketers (renamed) | Ex Mann Crossman & Paulin. A projecting 'WATNEY COMBE REID - 1898' roundel with 'stag' motif above the first floor windows. | TrC 2014 | . |
London N16 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Stoke Newington, 199 Stoke Newington Church Street | Rose & Crown | By A E Sewell for Trumans in 1932. Between the first and second floor windows was lettering: 'TRUMAN HANBURY & BUXTON'. The lettering shown on our photo of 2006 has been removed. Wrought iron scroll frames to each recessed Stoke Newington Church Street and Albion Road entrance with a metal oval at centre on which is the letter 'T'. Both hanging signs feature badly degraded 'TRUMAN' lettering. To the rear, a Truman's board sign, bady degraded. The interior features panelling with lettering in gold advertising Truman's range of beers; plus TRUMAN'S lettering in the fixed mirror over a fireplace. A listed building. | WRB photo 2006; CAMRA 2007; Google 2014; TrC 2014 and photo 2022 | Picture |
London N16 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Stoke Newington, 204 Stoke Newington High Street | Jolly Butchers | A Truman's hanging sign bracket to the first floor Stoke Newington High Street frontage. 'TRUMANS' lettering barely legible. | TrC 2014 | . |
London N16 |
Watney Combe Reid & Co Ltd - Stag Brewery, Pimlico; and Mortlake Brewery | Stoke Newington, 6 Windus Road | Wheatsheaf | Four small ceramic roundels painted black to the central and outer ground floor pilasters: 'WATNEY COMBE REID - 1898' lettering with 'stag' motif at centre to each. Mounted above a bracket at first floor level, a projecting 'WATNEY COMBE REID - 1898' roundel with 'stag' motif. | TrC 2014 | . |
London N16 |
Charrington & Co Ltd Mile End, E1 | Stoke Newington, 68 Green Lanes | Monarch (renamed Winnicott in 2015) | A corner pub with a brown-tiled frontage and cream-tiled fascia. After many years obscured, the original Charrington's tiling was restored in 2015. The fascia has some damage, brown lettering on cream tiles: 'CHARRINGTON'S NOTED ALES AND STOUT ... THE MONARCH ... CHARRINGTON'S ALES AND STOUT'. | TrC 2015 | . |
London N16 |
Reid's Brewery Co Ltd Clerkenwell, EC1 | Stoke Newington, 69 Matthias Road | New Coach & Horses (former) | Below the parapet is a fine old sign with recessed stone lettering: 'REID & COMPy's. ENTIRE.'. The pub is long closed and is now in residential use. | SRH photo 2007 | Picture |
London N16 |
Watney Combe Reid & Co Ltd - Stag Brewery, Pimlico; and Mortlake Brewery | Stoke Newington, 75 Howard Road | Ebor Arms (former) | Converted to residential. Mounted above the hanging sign bracket on the Howard Road frontage, a 'WATNEY COMBE REID - 1898' roundel with 'stag' motif. | TrC 2014 | . |
London N16 |
Courage & Co Ltd Southwark, SE1 | Stoke Newington, 79 Green Lanes | Royal Oak (renamed) | The pub was rebuilt in 1926. It has a tiled sign at ground floor level on the side wall - white tiles with a blue border and dark lettering: 'COURAGE'S ALES ... ROYAL OAK REFERESHMENT HOUSE'. Also a Courage 'gold cockerel' mounted above the hanging sign. Renamed LECONFIELD in 2013. | SRH photo 2008; TrC 2013 | Picture |
London N16 |
Whitbread & Co Ltd London, EC1 | Stoke Newington, 9 Beatty Road | Earl of Warwick (former) | Long closed: converted to residential. A Whitbread's fascia in gold lettering reads 'WINES - WHITBREAD'S ALE & STOUT - SPIRITS ... EARL OF WARWICK ... WINES - WHITBREAD'S ALE & STOUT - SPIRITS'. | TrC 2014 | . |
London N16 |
Watney Combe Reid & Co Ltd - Stag Brewery, Pimlico; and Mortlake Brewery | Stoke Newington, 97 Stoke Newington Road | Hare & Hounds (renamed) | A projecting 'WATNEY COMBE REID - 1898' roundel with 'stag' motif, suspended by a bracket on the Stoke Newington Road frontage. | TrC 2014 | . |
London N17 |
Whitbread & Co Ltd London, EC1 | Tottenham, High Road | Gripper Brothers' Bell Brewery (former) | Approximately opposite Cedar Road. The Bell Brewery was taken over by Whitbread in 1896, who used the buildings as a depot for many years afterwards. The surviving buildings feature a clock tower with 'WHITBREAD' lettering on at least three sides. | KSm 2015; BHS photo | Picture |
London N19 |
Smith, Garrett & Co Ltd Bow, E3 | Archway, 86 Junction Road | Oak & Pastor (originally Junction Arms) | Part of the original fascia has been revealed to show tiled lettering: 'SMITH GARRETT'S SPECIAL MILD'. | SP photo 2013 | Picture |
London N19 |
Ind Coope Ltd Romford | Archway, 89 Highgate Hill | Whittington & Cat | Applied gold lettering to the ground floor etched windows reads: 'DOUBLE DIAMOND ... IND COOPE ... WHITTINGTON & CAT WINES & SPIRITS ... SKOL LAGER'. | TrC 2014 | . |
London N19 |
Courage Ltd - London, Bristol, etc | Archway, 90 Highgate Hill | Old Crown | A large Courage letter sign (possibly once illuminated) 'TAKE COURAGE' to the second floor south-east wall. | TrC 2014 | . |
London N19 |
Watney Combe Reid & Co Ltd - Stag Brewery, Pimlico; and Mortlake Brewery | Upper Holloway, 139 Marlborough Road | Prince Alfred | A 'WATNEY COMBE REID - 1898' roundel is suspended by a bracket at first floor level on the corner of the Marlborough Road and Sussex Way elevations. One ground floor window on the Sussex Way frontage has gold 'WATNEYS' lettering. | TrC 2014 | . |
London N19 |
Whitbread & Co Ltd London, EC1 | Upper Holloway, 37 Landseer Road | Stanley Arms (renamed Landseer Arms) | Recently uncovered paintwork to the top of the corner splay, heavily degraded but still visible in red lettering 'WHITBREAD'. | TrC 2017 | . |
London N19 |
Watney Combe Reid & Co Ltd - Stag Brewery, Pimlico; and Mortlake Brewery | Upper Holloway, 492 Hornsey Road | Fox & Hounds (former) | Closed 2001. Converted to residential. A red Watney's 'red barrel' motif to an inset roundel between windows to the first floor, has been covered as part of the conversion. | TrC 2014 | . OBSCURED |
London N19 |
Whitbread & Co Ltd London, EC1 | Upper Holloway, 557 Holloway Road | Norfolk Arms (former) | Closed in about 2003 and converted to commercial use. Three large stone panels on the front elevation, set back behind the ground floor frontage: 'WHITBREAD'S FINE ALES' incorporating a 'deer' motif; 'REBUILT A1900D'; 'THE NORFOLK ARMS'. | TrC 2014 | . |
London N19 |
Watney Combe Reid & Co Ltd - Stag Brewery, Pimlico; and Mortlake Brewery | Upper Holloway, 563 Holloway Road | Mulberry Tree (renamed Floirin) | A projecting 'WATNEY COMBE REID - 1898' roundel with 'stag' motif, suspended by a bracket on the Holloway Road frontage. | TrC 2014 | . |
London N19 |
Courage Ltd - London, Bristol, etc | Upper Holloway, 622 Holloway Road | Crown | A Courage gold cockerel mounted above the hanging sign on the Holloway Road frontage. | TrC 2014 | . |
London N19 |
Taylor Walker & Co Ltd Limehouse, E14 | Upper Holloway, 665 Holloway Road | Mother Red Cap | A Taylor Walker 'cannon' device tops an empty sign frame at first floor level on the Holloway Road frontage. | TrC 2014 | . |
London N22 |
Taylor Walker & Co Ltd Limehouse, E14 | Alexandra Palace, Station Road | Starting Gate (formerly Alexandra Palace Hotel) | There were two Taylor Walker 'cannon' devices within the semi-circular ironwork above the hanging signs on each elevation. Google in 2015 indicates that only the Station Road one survives. | TrC 2014; Google 2015 | . |