| County | Brewery | Location | Premises | Description | Contributors | Photo? Gone? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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) | Has an etched window on the front with a red horsehoe and 'MEUX'S'. | SP photo 2006 | 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. | SRH photo 2008 | Picture |
London N 1 |
Bass & Co Ltd - Burton-upon-Trent, Tadcaster, etc | Hoxton, Shepherdess Walk | Blockmakers Arms (former) | Has a Bass blue triangle with 'TRADE MARK' on a window. The pub name is above, in a tiled panel. Confirmation and more information requested. | WRB photo 2006 | Picture |
London N 1 |
Courage Ltd - London, Bristol, etc | Hoxton, 71 Nile Street | Duke of Wellington | On the splay above the corner door, a large sign in vertical lettering: 'COURAGE'. Also a small red sign with the Courage cockerel. | SRH photo 2007; WRB 2007 | Picture |
London N 1 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Hoxton, Pitfield Street / Coronet Street | Hop Pole | 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 | Picture |
London N 1 |
Barclay Perkins & Co Ltd - Anchor Brewery, Southwark | Hoxton, 1 Southgate Road | Southgate Arms | A fine green tiled frontage with brown pilasters. Around the fascia in white lettering is the pub name and 'BARCLAYS ALES & STOUT'. | GB 2003; WRB photo 2006 | 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, 1930s. Cream 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 the fixed mirror over a fireplace. | KR photo 2005; WRB photo 2006; CAMRA 2007 | Picture |
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. | WRB photo 2007 | Picture |
London N 1 |
Meux's Brewery Co Ltd - Horseshoe Breweries: London WC1 and SW8 | Hoxton, 202 Hoxton Street | Unicorn | 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 currently lies empty (2006). | SRH photo 2006 | Picture |
London N 1 |
Charrington & Co Ltd - Anchor Brewery, Mile End, London | Islington, 385 Liverpool Road | Adelaide Arms | A plaque of beige tiles either side of the main entrance, featuring the 'flying tankard', a raised 'Toby', and 'THE HOUSE OF TOBY'. | SRH photo 2008 | Picture |
London N 1 |
Lacon & Co Ltd - Falcon Brewery, 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 |
Charrington & Co Ltd - Anchor Brewery, Mile End, London | Islington, Pentonville Road | Castle | A tiled panel on the wall with a 'Toby' in relief; partially plastered and painted over in white. | WRB photo 2007 | Picture |
London N 1 |
Charrington & Co Ltd - Anchor Brewery, Mile End, London | Islington, 16 Elia Street | Charles Lamb (formerly the Prince Albert) | A corner pub; on each elevation, a tile with the 'Toby' character and 'THE HOUSE OF TOBY'. Both unfortunately painted over. | SP 2004; WRB photo 2006 | 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 | Picture |
London N 1 |
Charrington & Co Ltd - Anchor Brewery, Mile End, London | Islington, 33 Linton Street | Hanbury Arms (aka The Social) | 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'. | SP 2004; WRB photo 2006 | 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 modern painted fascias with 'CHARRINGTON'. | WRB photo 2006 | Picture |
London N 1 |
Watney Combe Reid & Co Ltd - Stag Brewery, Pimlico; and Mortlake Brewery | Islington, 264 Liverpool Road | Kings Arms | Large circular sign (GrandMet period) on the end wall, includes 'WATNEY COMBE REID' in a circle around a stag, and the pub name beneath. | WRB photo 2007 | Picture |
London N 1 |
Meux's Brewery Co Ltd - Horseshoe Breweries: London WC1 and SW8 | Islington, 427 Caledonian Road | McLoughlins - formerly The Balmoral | A series of pilasters with tiled tablets at eye level; these have been painted over but the raised lettering is still legible. Two with the brewery name: 'MEUX'S PERFECT ALES' and 'MEUX.. FAMOUS STOUT'. The others have 'LUNCHEONS & SNACKS', 'IN BOTTLE & ON DRAUGHT' and 'WINES & SPIRITS'. | RF 2002; WRB photo 2006 | Picture |
London N 1 |
Barclay Perkins & Co Ltd - Anchor Brewery, Southwark | 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.'. Converted to a shop. | TACS magazine 1999; WRB photo 2006 | Picture |
London N 1 |
Courage & Co Ltd - Anchor Brewery, Southwark | Islington, 58 Penton Street | Salmon & Compass | A tiled panel - cream tiles with a blue border and dark lettering: 'COURAGE'S ALES AND STOUT'. | SRH photo 2006 | Picture |
London N 1 |
Charrington & Co Ltd - Anchor Brewery, Mile End, London | 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'. | TN 2005; WRB photo 2006 | Picture |
London N 4 |
Courage Ltd - London, Bristol, etc | 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 | Picture |
London N 4 |
Ind Coope Ltd - Station Street, Burton-upon-Trent & Star Brewery, Romford | Finsbury Park, 263 Seven Sisters Road | Finsbury Park Tavern - currently Twelve Pins | Etched windows with 'DOUBLE DIAMOND ... IND COOPE'. | WRB photo 2007 | Picture |
London N 4 |
Meux's Brewery Co Ltd - Horseshoe Breweries: London WC1 and SW8 | Finsbury Park, 240 Seven Sisters Road | Sir George Robey | Two decorative corner plaques with 'MEUX'S ORIGINAL LONDON STOUT' in relief. Now painted over but still visible. Pub closed and at risk. | DK 2003; WRB photo 2007 | Picture |
London N 7 |
Watney Combe Reid & Co Ltd - Stag Brewery, Pimlico; and Mortlake Brewery | Holloway, 124 Seven Sisters Road | Eaglet | Brown tiled fascia with gold raised lettering: 'REID'S STOUT ... THE EAGLET ... WATNEY'S ALES'. | WRB photo 2007 | Picture |
London N 7 |
Charrington & Co Ltd - Anchor Brewery, Mile End, London | Holloway, 83-91 Georges Road | Moynihan Arms - formerly the Royal Victory | 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'. | WRB photo 2007 | Picture |
London N15 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Tottenham, 197 Philip Lane | Lord Palmerston | By A E Sewell for Trumans, 1930s. Has an air-brick with 'THB' and at first-floor level, a Truman eagle in a roundel. | KR photo 2006 | Picture |
London N16 |
Charrington & Co Ltd - Anchor Brewery, Mile End, London | 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 | A 1930s pub by architect A E Newell for Trumans. 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. | WRB photo 2006; CAMRA 2007 | Picture |
London N16 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Stoke Newington, 146 Boleyn Road | Arundel Arms | 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. | WRB photo 2006 | Picture |
London N16 |
Reid's Brewery Co Ltd - Griffin Brewery, Clerkenwell EC1 | Stoke Newington, 69 Matthias Road | New Coach & Horses (former) | Below the parapet is a fine old painted sign: 'REID & COMPy's. ENTIRE.'. The pub is long closed and is now in residential use. | SRH photo 2007 | Picture |
London N16 |
Courage & Co Ltd - Anchor Brewery, Southwark | Stoke Newington, 79 Green Lanes | Oak Bar (formerly the Royal Oak) | The pub was rebuilt in 1926. It has a tiled sign on the side wall - white tiles with a blue border and dark lettering: 'COURAGE'S ALES ... ROYAL OAK REFERESHMENT HOUSE'. | SRH photo 2008 | Picture |
London N16 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Stoke Newington, 132 Stoke Newington Church Street | Red Lion - later known as the 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 2007 | Picture |
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 is lettering: 'TRUMAN HANBURY & BUXTON'. 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. | WRB photo 2006; CAMRA 2007 | Picture |
London NW 1 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Camden Town, 202 Camden High Street | Bucks Head | Fine large tiled sign on the end wall with lettering and a Truman 'eagle' illustration in relief. Details: 'TRADE (Eagle illustration) MARK - TRUMAN - HANBURY - BUXTON - & Co Ltd - LONDON & BURTON'. | DT photo 2005 | Picture |
London NW 1 |
Courage Ltd - London, Bristol, etc | Camden Town, Camden Street | Camden | Built by Courage in 1967 as the ground floor of a block of flats. The signing may be original: a blue plastic fascia with 'COURAGE' lettering; and a square red projecting sign with a gold cockerel. | WRB photo 2008 | Picture |
London NW 1 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Camden Town, 25 Parkway | Camden Stores | By A E Sewell for Trumans. On the corner splay, a large terracotta panel with the date '1924' around a trademark eagle, and raised lettering: 'TRUMAN HANBURY BUXTON & Co. Ltd. - THE CAMDEN STORES'. | KR photo 2006 | Picture |
London NW 1 |
Courage Ltd - London, Bristol, etc | Camden Town, St Pancras Way | Constitution | A gold Courage cockerel atop the ironwork on the hanging sign. | WRB 2007 | . |
London NW 1 |
Courage Ltd - London, Bristol, etc | Camden Town, 224 Camden High Street | Elephants Head | On the high-level fascia, a large letter sign: 'TAKE COURAGE'. Formerly illuminated. | SRH photo 2008 | Picture |
London NW 1 |
Charrington & Co Ltd - Anchor Brewery, Mile End, London | Camden Town, 38 Royal College Street | Golden Lion | A corner Victorian pub. Two relatively modern painted board signs with 'CHARRINGTON'. A window has modern gold lettering with 'Charringtons'. Inside the pub, there are two Charrington signs carved into the bar-back; and a Charrington mirror on one wall. | WRB photo 2007 | Picture |
London NW 1 |
Taylor Walker & Co Ltd - Barley Mow Brewery, Limehouse | Camden Town, 74 Crowndale Road | Hope & Anchor | Tiled fascia, green lettering on cream. (1) Front: 'PRIZE ALES - TAYLOR WALKER & Cos - AND STOUT'. (2) Corner: 'HOPE & ANCHOR'. (3) Side: 'TAYLOR WALKER & Co'. | SP photo 2005 | Picture |
London NW 1 |
Charrington & Co Ltd - Anchor Brewery, Mile End, London | Camden Town, 90 Gloucester Avenue | Lansdowne | A Victorian corner pub with a good interwar tiled frontage. The fascia has brown lettering on mushroom-coloured tiles: 'ALES ... CHARRINGTON'S ... STOUT ... THE LANSDOWNE ... ALES ... CHARRING ... ' - unfortunately the lettering on the rear part of the return fascia has been removed and replaced by modern plain tiles. The return fascia also features a tiled Charrington 'Flying Tankard'. | WRB photo 2007 | Picture |
London NW 1 |
Charrington & Co Ltd - Anchor Brewery, Mile End, London | Camden Town, 73 Plender Street | Parrs Head | 'CHARRINGTON' lettering on the hanging sign, and on a board sign on the end wall. A Charrington lantern with the 'Toby' figure. | WRB 2008 | . |
London NW 1 |
Charrington & Co Ltd - Anchor Brewery, Mile End, London | Camden Town, 63 Royal College Street | Prince Albert | Fabulous tiled exterior in shades of green, with contemporary leaded windows, around three elevations. The tiled fascia has dark green lettering on a cream background: 'OFF LICENSE (sic) ... "PRINCE ALBERT" ... PALE ... CHARRINGTONS ... ALES ... "PRINCE ALBERT" ... PALE ... CHARRINGTONS ... ALES'. At the rear is a large tiled panel within one of the ground floor window openings with lettering 'CHARRINGTON'S ALES & STOUT' surrounding an anchor emblem. The leaded windows have panes with red painted lettering: 'CHARRINGTON'S' and 'TOBY ALE'. | TACS 2006; SRH photo 2007; WRB photo 2007 | Picture |
London NW 1 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Euston, 58-60 Hampstead Road | Lord Palmerston (former) | High level fascia lettering with 'TRUMAN, HANBURY, BUXTON. & CO.' on both sides. Similar lettering with the former pub name also survives below. This pub closed pre-1984 and is now in use as a theatre. In 2008, the Truman's signage was covered by modern boards. | SRH photo 2007; SRH 2008 | Picture GONE |
London NW 1 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Euston, 8 Eversholt Street | Royal George | By A E Sewell for Trumans. High up at the corners - two magnificent Truman eagles. | GB 2003; SP photo 2005 | Picture |
London NW 1 |
Charrington & Co Ltd - Anchor Brewery, Mile End, London | Marylebone, 69 Lisson Street | Bazens Head | A small ceramic 'Toby' plaque by the door of fairly modern vintage. Features a 'Toby' illstration and 'CHARRINGTON ... ESTABLISHED 1757'. | SRH photo 2007 | Picture |
London NW 1 |
Charrington & Co Ltd - Anchor Brewery, Mile End, London | Marylebone, 245 Baker Street | Volunteer | This pub has 'Charrington' in script style in the glass of the ground floor fascia. | SRH photo 2007 | Picture |
London NW 3 |
West's Brewery Co Ltd - Three Crowns Brewery, Bethnal Green, E2 | Belsize Park, 97 Haverstock Hill | Sir Richard Steele | At first-floor level on the corner splay, a panel sign in red and black with gold lettering: 'The SIR RICHARD STEELE ... WEST'S BREWERY Co's. Ltd. ... PRIZE ALES ... LUNCHEONS & LIGHT REFRESHMENTS'. In the centre of the sign are 'three crowns', representing the brewery. | JT photo 2007 | Picture |
London NW 5 |
Reid's Brewery Co Ltd - Griffin Brewery, Clerkenwell EC1 | Kentish Town, 227 Kentish Town Road | Jolly Anglers (former) | This Victorian pub is closed and in restaurant use. Around the ground floor are ten ceramic plaques with 'RB'. It's thought that this might be Reid's Brewery. Confirmation of brewery required. | SRH photo 2007 | Picture |
London NW 6 |
Charrington & Co Ltd - Anchor Brewery, Mile End, London | Kilburn, 164 Kilburn High Road | Coopers Arms | Charrington leaded glass? | Camra mag 2007 | . |
London NW 8 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | St Johns Wood, 2 Gateforth Street | Duke of York (former) | This pub was rebuilt to the design of A E Sewell in 1932, and was converted to restaurant use in 2007. It retains a tiled panel on the corner splay with a large Truman's eagle motif and the pub name in raised lettering; the date 1932 is in the keystone above. | KR photo 2006; SRH 2008 | Picture |
London NW 9 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | The Hyde, 125 Slough Lane | Green Man | Large 1930s roadhouse by A E Sewell for Trumans. At least three roundels at high level, and one above a former entrance on the right, featuring the Truman eagle painted gold. The free-standing off-licence building on the left (now an office) has a similar roundel at first-floor level. | KR 2006 | . |
London NW 9 |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | West Hendon, Edgware Road | Ex-Servicemans Club | Fluorescent box fascia with a pair of square end stops, white glass with black eagle and 'TRUMAN BEERS & ALES'. | RF 2002 | . |
London NW10 |
Taylor Walker & Co Ltd - Barley Mow Brewery, Limehouse | Willesden Junction, 47 Station Road | Willesden Junction Hotel | Lots of Taylor Walker signs, including painted sign on parapet, hanging sign, lantern sign, and four metal wall plates. | SP 2004 | . |