Demolished. Like the Strand, The Old Kent Road is a ghost of what it once was.The Bricklayers' Arms roundabout takes its name from the railway goods depot that drove the development of local industry from the 1850s onwards, making this bit of Southwark a sort of land-locked counterpart of the great Victorian docks. First founded in Ohio in 1980, the 1950s-style restaurant grew quickly, with about 100 locations at its peak. And about 3.4 percent of Americans 80 or older were in the work force last year.30 The worker who is 30 years old in 2010 has lived in a much different world from that of the worker who is 60. But change was in the air back in 2010 when approval was granted to get rid of the bar for it to be replaced with offices to rent. Our Society was founded in 2001 by a small group of like-minded pub history enthusiasts. How an argument in a taxi between two brothers changed a family's life forever. The Britannia. Figure 68. The Hole In The Wall in the High Street was a popular watering hole in the town from the 1960s to the 1980s. The pub had been closed on several occasions, but after again opening in 2005, advertising that it was "probably the best pub in Dover" the pub finally closed in 2006. Demolished. The Greyhound pub, which was in Upper Grosvenor Road, caught fire in June 2003, destroying stock and personal contents inside. It was an important staging post for travelers situated at the junction of several major roads heading out of the city into Sussex and Kent, which were greatly expanded during the late 18th. (At my current pace, this should take me a few years at least, though some of the locations may not require particularly substantial entries.). Gin Palace, Old Kent Rd - Flats The Globe, Gt Dover St - Demolished The Globe, Chatham St - Flats The Gloucester, Gavel St - Flats Golden Fleece, Weston St - Business Premises Green Man, Old Kent Rd - Restaurant Guys Arms, Guy St - Flats Hand In Hand, Meadow Row - Awaiting demolition Havelock Arms, Fort Rd - Flats If you don [t know have this information, it is . Hey there, just to let you know the Lord Nelson hasnt closed, its still going strong :). 602. His landing was much further West but the result was significant. Photo credits for some of the pics below from SarfLondonDunc Flickr Set of Pubs and Dead Pubs. 40. Here's the link to our main Facebook page where we share our latest stories, including anything from breaking news to features, court coverage and much, much more. The club is said to have attracted stars such as Eric Clapton and the Four Tops. By the time it closed in 1983, most of the industrial works had long since moved out, leaving large tracts of bleak space, the remains of gasworks and other heavy industry, and a pall of underdevelopment.3 Efforts have been made at regeneration, of course, the most notable being the reclamation of much of the bombed land west of the Old Kent Road as a vast new open space, Burgess Park.4. This pub formerly on the corner of Folkestone Road and Clarendon street was a popular haunt back in the day. Demolished. The city centre site is now called the Boozy Cow, a cocktail bar known for its burgers and alcoholic milkshakes. The pub has been boarded up for more than a decade, after it closed its doors in 2004. 83. Fire swept through Sheppey Comprehensive School in April 1980. The 16th century coaching inn, which is famous for its traditional ales, was under ownership of the Spa Hotel. Prince of Windsor pub 888 Old Kent Road. Manor Club, Chatham / Krystals / OMG / Glam House. Repurposed evangelical churches in former office units or light engineering premises promise to set the captives free, whilst neighbouring buildings are home to equally anomalous nightclubs. === Asylum Road=== Gervase Street=== Leo Street. Millwall Fc. Cheers. The pub is still in use. Havelock Arms, Fort Rd Flats 567. WEST SIDE 2. Having been a bowling alley and a tearoom since its existence in 1902 - the building closed its doors as a popular night spot back in 2008. Queens Head, 18 Amelia Street Hotel Green Man pub 276-280 Old Kent Road. The former Railway Bell was also popular with football fans, but when it originally shut was plagued by flytippers who used the land at the rear to dump unwanted items. 386, and The Windsor at No. Market Lane was re-aligned in 1952 and now provides the access to the Discovery Centre. I recently spent a couple of freezing afternoons tramping up and down the Old Kent Road. (Photo by Reuterphoto). Demolished. @import url(http://www.google.com/cse/api/branding.css). The Zetland Arms, Kingsdown Kingsdown is a dream coastal village, whose narrow main street tumbles downhill to one of the most famed beauty spots on the Kent coast. ANOTHER LOCAL PUB FACES CONVERSION TO FLATS Two Brewers, West Lane Flats The pub closed in 2004 and the building is in use as a surgery. While several of the buildings remain standing, only two of them in the list are still operating as pubs Lord Nelson (at No 386) and the Windsor (formerly the Prince of Windsor at No 888). Gloucester Arms Closed This pub first opened in 1861 and was sadly closed over a decade later in 1989. It was known for its burgers, hot dogs, and milkshakes. According to a pub archive, the official name was Tofts Jazz Club which had more than 6,000 members and moved from Bouverie Road West (where Saga is now) to Grace Hill in 1964. Many a pint was sunk here before heading further into town. The Duke of Wellington was situated at 201 London Road. He said access would be via an existing right of way off Victoria Road and the flats would be for the private sector. Artist Allan Tannenbaum, who photographed New York in the seventies and eighties, remembers the "misery of long lines to buy gasoline." He wrote that conditions in Bed-Stuy were especially bad: "It seemed as if the entire infrastructure was in decay."Ferdinando Scianna. The Thomas Becket. 849. We have split them up into areas for your ease. Now, in its place is a multi-storey of modern space for businesses, with Josh De Haan's company View London being the anchor tenant. Woolworths can be seen on the right of this picture of High Street, Strood, in October 1980 . Sitting in its place is a Tesco Express store, which includes a car park at the front. Demolished. 40. 888. But amidst the tundra of the Old Kent Road there is an interesting cockney survivor, a landmark on the corner with Trafalgar Avenue, where the traffic peels off towards downtown Peckham: the Lord Nelson is a mid-Victorian pub which remains defiantly open for business, although this is not automatically apparent. But you are hard pressed to find a boozer hereabouts today, although there are visible ruins of a lost drinking culture. The Swan (later the site of Caesars). 82-86. Jane Grant writes to Derelict London: "I did indeed drink in there regularly with my husband and two friends in the mid-late 1990s.The landlord was permanently drunk and the wrong side of the bar, he did bent MOTs and sold dodgy cars. It comprises a four-way green roundabout plus one-way flyover and one-way bypass lane. Factfile:The pub was one of Cheriton's main boozers throughout the 1970s, 80s and 90s. HP10 . It stands at the corner of Dunton Road. Information about the park is taken from Andrew Crowe, The Parks and Woodlands of London (1987), pp. Queen Charlotte, Jamaica Road Gone I should have checked myself and not trusted the review. Copper, Tower Bridge Road Now bar and restaurant Sir William Walworth, 297-299 Walworth Road Shops The site has always been occupied by a pub since 1845 and was originally called the Engine Inn. The name derived from St Thomas-a-Waterings, a stream and pond (roughly at the junction with Shornecliff Road). The pub closed in 2001 and was demolished in 2003. Factfile:This pub has been boarded up for around four to five yearsand remains derelict to this present day. I finally realised that you cover the modern Pubs more than I could ever do especially as I never drink in any of them. Still standing, now a mosque. "It was bumper to . Still standing, now a bar called Virgos. Metropolitan Police officer is accused of assaulting a suspect by pepper-spraying him while he was clinging to a drainpipe on a 15-storey building, a court has heard. Landlord Matthew Liles was jailed in 2014 after he glassed a man in the face. Also, David Bowie rehearsed his Spiders From Mars band here in the early Seventies. Temple Bar, 286 Walworth Road Shop 37-39 Old Kent Road. 279 opened in 1856 and was well known as a gin palace, and later became a champagne bar and featured DJs such as Steve Walsh and Robbie Vincent. Hoardings have been erected and the area will be transformed into a small housing estate called Emory Place. The Elm Bar The Elm Bar The Anglo-Saxons knew it as Watling Street; later generations knew it . 224. These are just some of the many blogs I also enjoy reading on a regular basis. Lord Wellington, Weston St Flats 720-722. Your email address will not be published. 145. G144018 Quick View Ye Old Five Bells, Church Street c1900 Stroll across the road to the kebab shop, pick up a donner and watch the free entertainment. It had a terrace/balcony with loads of plants on it. The Magnet. It is a lovely little pub. Factfile:Most people who once drank here will know it now no longer exists. Demolished. I thought Id try starting a series of posts based on the Monopoly Board. This landmark pub, latterly a boxing gym and now a gallery, stood on the old coaching road to Kent (hence Old Kent Road), named after a famous pilgrim who travelled this stretch of road to Canterbury. 623. A good place to find out about the history of Inner London. Unfortunately, I suspect that the big residential development proclaimed on a hoarding by the old gasworks will be as chilly and faceless as the new blocks on the site of the old Heygate estate. 888 and it's important to stress they are definitely NOTHING like. (My route from home to the Old Kent Road, that is.). Of course Stones Bar is just one of the names it underwent during its times. Factfile: This boozer closed its doors nearly 40 years ago in the early 1980s but was officially listed as a Grade II in 1988. In 1999 the pub made headlines for the wrong reasons when police officers were called to prevent an outbreak of violence as a group of around 40 asylum seekers laid siege to the boozer. Tanners Arms, Willow Walk Demolished Beaten Path, 267 Walworth Road Supermarket By 1900 life was quieter and the magistrates allowed opening at five in the morning. Demolished. Thank you very much for the update. It was still trading up to at least the mid-1970s. Another Market Square drinking establishment long gone was the Antwerp Hotel, where horses were kept in its stables to haul coaches to Canterbury. The City Arms. Not only this, the rising cost of a pint is said to have forced many people to buy their drink from an off licence or the supermarket - drinking it at home. Become a contributor by submitting them here. /* 468x60, created 25/01/09 */ [1] As you know, the original 1935 Monopoly board was based on properties in Atlantic City, USA, though the British version followed very shortly after, going into production in 1936. Will do. The 'Enerey', The 'Thomas' and the Frog (had a great lock in there once), were all occasional haunts of mine back in the 80's. There was another pub just off the New Cross end of the OKR, near the New Cross fire station, that was run by a couple of old ladies. 578. Millwall v West Ham - The pubs get done down The Old Kent Road Stories From The Terraces 223 subscribers Subscribe 45 Share 10K views 1 year ago #WestHamUnited #ICF #MillwallFC West Ham. . Wellington - Borehamwood. Ah Manor. 8-10. Britannia: 154 Tooley Street. The pub closed in the late 1980s and is much missed. [Beer house.] A walk around the locality today offers evidence of other ghost pubs; the building in the photo above is one such, now re-purposed as flats. 74-76. . Your email address will not be published. Website closedpubs.co.uk has been logging the closures of boozers around the country and we've found 30 pubs in the Bromley borough you might just remember - scroll through the gallery above to . It stood empty until September 2008, when it opened as a British Heart Foundation Furniture and Electrical shop. Last used by the Rock Island bar and grill, Viet Quan has opened in the former pub premises at the corner of Old Kent Road and Albany Road. Hi you dont happen to know if the landlords are with a surname Rogers? Demolished. Demolished. Brown Bear: 36 Southwark Bridge Road. Many popular boozers are no longer with us - how many of these do you remember? Jolly Gardeners, Rotherhithe New Road Hotel The Burger Bros took over the venue last year, but the building is now vacant after the restaurant encountered problems with its upkeep. Here, occupying a remote. [41] Crown and Anchor - Enfield, London. It is the junction of Tower Bridge Road, Old Kent Road, New Kent Road and Great Dover Street. Demolished. Demolished. The Horseshoe. Some local people actively opposing but also writing a lot about the regeneration & gentrification of Southwark that's happened over the last 20 years. Factfile:This pub closed back in 2006 after a shooting in the May of that year. Demolished. I have another blog of my film reviews over at Ewan at the Cinema. The Castle (later known as the Gin Palace). 338. 2. The Dun Cow. Planning permission for the premises has now lapsed, and the building remains empty and derelict for now. The Shard Arms, since known as Cockneys. It became a Thai restaurant. Yankee Silversmith, Neptune House, Brothers, Old Dublin. Photographed June 14, 2001. You can also follow KentLive on Twitter here, as well as on our Instagram page where we share great pictures of Kent. It has since been converted to flats, The White Lion pub has sat derelict for more than a decade, The Happy Frenchman in Christ Church road has seen many incarnations in its 160 year history. The building later became a free house and re-opened as Renaissance. Alexandra pub 578 Old Kent Road. The Duke of Kent. WEST SIDE 16th December 2010. 615. Trinity Arms, Swan St Flats The Lost Pubs (of London) website is an amazing labour of love and also a depressing window into development realities as it records all the boozers that are closing down to become flats, bookies, pound shops and hostels. The Gem Bar & Restaurant (formerly The Canterbury Arms). Horse & Groom, 262 Walworth Road Bookies Still trading, since known as The Henry Cooper, Scene, Vogue Bar, Klub Traffik and now Club Favour. 1) and was the highway from Kent to the metropolis. Figure 69. 5. The George, Keyworth St Demolished for University building It was converted for use as a mosque in 2008. Learn how your comment data is processed. 222 Fore St, Enfield, London, N18 2QD. One of the pub's good deeds resulted in enough raffle money being raised to buy a guide dog for a blind man in Folkestone back in 1995, and another 20 by 1998. Still standing, but now closed. 1904 New fire station opened at 306-312 Old Kent Road. Quebec Curve, Redriff Road Restaurant 697b. By 2007 it had been transformed into a private residence. Factfile:The pub remains largelyderelictto this day, with old posters advertising a circus show at nearby Radnor Park on the windows. In January 1980, five new episodes of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" were broadcast on BBC Radio, all in one week, bringing the total number to twelve episodes. Winchester, Gt Suffolk St Demolished The World Turned Upside Down was situated at 145 Old Kent Road. A large crowd gathered outside the Honor Oak pub in Brockley Rise yesterday to defend it from far right threats against a drag queen storytelling session. In 2021 it was in use as a Vietnamese restaurant and bar. It would be retail for A1 or A2 use, so either a shop or financial and professional services along with two two-bed flats and a one-bed flat. 64-66. 13.3 miles away. Movement has been seen on site, but news as to what its future holds is not yet known. Update The building was demolished in September 2021. There were but few houses in the Kent Road a century ago. The house band still plays, including the ancient drummer and the blind keyboard player, both of whom I think have a financial iterest in the place. However, The Thomas Becket has reopened as a pub. The 'Enerey', The 'Thomas' and the Frog (had a great lock in there once), were all occasional haunts of mine back in the 80's. The Sherwood Rothsay Rd Demolished Really useful, thanks. It reopened as the Guinea Butt and just last year was taken over and rebranded as gastro pub the Guinea. I'm going for sunday lunch there in a couple of weeks. 1980s: 1995 : Sovereign Inn: 26 Castle Street: 1861-1881+ Sportsman: Kings Stag - Bushey. However, after that closed the Alma Express Caf opened, which sadly closed within four weeks of opening. $$. Red Lion, Surrey Docks Gone Duke Of Clarence, 154 Manor Place. This Thomas a Becket was famous as a boxers pub, with a gym on the first floor: Henry Cooper patronised this gym, along with various sixties gangland soldiers (also James Fox, preparing for his role as Chas in Performance). 1898 Thomas a Becket pub rebuilt. Prince Regent, 40 Orb Street Housing 1903 St Saviour's and St Olave's Church of England School opened on New Kent Road. Furst known existence in the 1850s It closed in 2009. General Browning MOTH Club - Hackney, London. All. Demolished. Duke of Wellington, Rockingham St Flats The Old Neptune, Whitstable A beer garden on the beach Where: Marine Terrace, Island Wall, Whitstable, CT5 1EJ What: The Old Neptune pub gives you the chance to enjoy a pint on the beach. google_ad_height = 250; More impressive yet is The Thomas Becket (Walworth SE1, fig 69). London Places. There were once so many pubs in Old Kent Road,that it was said that if you started at one end,and had a pint in each one,you couldnt get more than half way before collapsing.Sad. Factfile:Back in its heyday Piper's was also known as Mick's Flamenco Bar in the late Sixties. The former Shepherd Neame boozer was closed in 1997 and is now a four bedroom house. Thank you for reading the blogs. X.png. The Thomas a Becket premises occupies a site associated with an ancient hostelry, St. Thomas Waterings, which catered to the needs of pilgrims setting off for Canterbury; it was the first stop on the way out of London and is referenced by Chaucer. I will amend the restaurant for now. Motels near Pearson's Arms Pub, Whitstable on Tripadvisor: Find traveler reviews, 3,071 candid photos, and prices for motels near Pearson's Arms Pub in Whitstable, England. Location: 60 and 121, Folkestone Road, Dover. The building looks set to finish later this year. 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Crown, 440 Southwark Park Road To be flats Welcome back! Sign in. The Prince Consort. Thomas a Becket pub 320-322 Old Kent Road. It should be noted that since this post was written, it seems that The Lord Nelson pub has closed. For many years the OKR was a place I engaged with on a daily basis, as I either lived near it or utilised it as a means of driving to and from town. The rare and beautiful Licensed Victuallers Almshouses (1827) still graces Asylum Road, even if it is now offset by a supermarket car park, and unexpected oases of genteel villas and terraces form tributaries off the churning thoroughfare. Needless to say, youve done a much better job with the camera than I managed. === Coopers Road=== Marlborough Grove=== Lovegrove Street. 'NAY-SAYERS' since 1999 I look forward to reading each installment through to Park Lane and Mayfair. Free shipping for many products! Demolished. There are 450 pubs listed with a short description of the pub and its facilities. The Frampton Arms on Well Street was one of East London's first pubs with gay barstaff and entertainment. Factfile:This popular boozer provided people heading to the night scene in Tontine Street and Marine Parade (the Priz) with a few pre-clubbing tipples. The Brunswick Tavern. It was closed when I wrote the post, so glad to hear its still going! Formerly the Perseverance and the Avenue, Paul Barrett bought the property and following alterations, reopened it as a free house in October 1981. The old tavern, the Castle Inn is at the end of the street at the entrance to the Castle itself. Duke Of Clarence, Jamaica Road Closed Judith Hewitson. Many revellers will remember drinking until closing time, then walking down to the front where the Priz would welcome you in until gone 3am. There was a pub called The Windsor Castle on Coopers Road, so that might be the one. The Thomas Becket (Walworth SE1), now closed [though since reopened]. During the 1950s, 40,000 people a day traveled between Hartford and Meriden. G144503 Quick View c1960 Ref. Well, here we go again as The Crown pub in Brandon St, Walworth the one with all the fancy old green tiles is another local under threat from closure and conversion. On May the 10th and 11th 1941 the Elephant and Castle suffered heavy attacks in the Blitz. Although closed by 1999, it was still standing. Historic Macy Store and Diner is located at 1004 Winchester S Rd., Canal Winchester, OH 43110. Hop Pole, Gambia St Business premises Kent Paninis. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. Demolished. 711. Although just to clarify, it wasnt ever Thai, always Vietnamese. Walford then goes on to mention a number of hostelries: The Kentish Drovers; The Thomas Becket; The Shard Arms; and The World Turned Upside Down. 827. Little Crown, Albion Street Closed The William IV. It was renamed Frog and Nightgown after the 1950s radio show called Rays a Laugh used that name in the programme. 11), towards the far, New Cross end of the road. Jamaica Tavern, Southwark Park Road Closed Raven At The Tower, Tower Bridge Rd Flats Pub History Society Welcome A warm welcome to the Pub History Society (PHS) website. It has sat derelict ever since, and despite scaffolding being erected more than a year ago, the pub remains empty. Raven, Tower Bridge Road -Flats Also known for gangland trouble of the 60s. [6] The one no longer extant is The Shard Arms, at the corner of Peckham Park Road, which was demolished in the 1990s and replaced by a residential development. [Beer house and brewery.] Mentioned in Pigot's Directory 1840 under "Taverns and Public Houses", The Prince of Orange presumably honoured the prince, who was reported off Dover, with five hundred ships and transports, on 3 November 1688. It was always popular with punters who were able to enjoy a pint, watch Sky Sports and listen to live music. Lord Nelson pub 386 Old Kent Road. 9. It stands on the corner of Trafalgar Avenue. On the one hand you have the residue of the massive gasworks, the acrid colours of the retail sheds, relics of failed residential developments (especially The Aylesbury Estate, which looms like an abandoned supertanker above the artificial water meadows of Burgess Park), the yawning dual-carriageway and the endless stream of traffic thereon yet there are occasional bright spots amidst the post-industrial wastes. The New Half Way Inn. Just to say, the Thomas a Becket hosts a Vietnamese restaurant, not Thai. Do you have any anecdotes, historical information, updates or photos of this pub? Duke of Clarence, London Rd Awaiting conversion by South Bank University Issac Bell, Tarn St Demolished The Dun Cow confuses me every time I walk past it (my route from home takes me around the corner there). Pingback: Streetlife: Old Kent Road Part 2 | Deserter, How sad to see all those pubs down the old Kent road, demolished, .i really lived life in the old Kent road , such a shame. People Leave. Brunswick Arms: 2008: 22 Stamford Street. The two remaining pubs are The Lord Nelson (Walworth SE1, fig. Olde Three Tuns, Bow Road, London E3 Panther, Turin Street, Bethnal Green, London E2 Prince Albert, Old Church Road, Chingford, London E4 Prince George, Parkholme Road, Hackney, London E8 Prince of Wales, Preston Street, Bethnal Green, London E2 Prince of Wales, Prince Regent Lane, Silvertown, London E16 Retreat, Morning Lane, Hackney, London E9 Hotels near St. Peter and St. Paul Church, Shoreham on Tripadvisor: Find traveller reviews, 570 candid photos, and prices for 1,770 hotels near St. Peter and St. Paul Church in Shoreham, England. Went to their first Sunday lunch. Location: Calverley Road, Tunbridge Wells. Demolished. I confess that for all my disdain of the untrammelled greed that is taking its toll of so many London neighbourhoods, one cant avoid the feeling that something needs to happen here. In the 1950s 1960s I lived in Peckham just off of St Georges Way and regularly walked passed the Lord Nelson, Old Kent Road there used to be a shoe menders next door. Carr has sent us a series of photographs taken . History tells that Dover jurats and councillors often met up in The Antwerp after formal discussions in the old Guildhall that stood in the Square until 1861. Altogether now . Demolished. News. Top other pubs in Old Kent Road. MESSENGER Thomas a'Becket on the Old Kent Road SE1 updated their info in the about section. Family chainRamblinnshas since taken it over, renaming it theRadnor Armsand giving it a modern and trendy overhaul. The Amicus Apple on Frederick Street was a popular bar and restaurant in the early 2000s, and was also known as The Victoria & Albert pub back in the 1970s and 80s. On a Thursday afternoon in November the pub appeared to be shut but my colleague (CJ of Sediment notoriety) persisted in his quest for a light half and we found ourselves in a genuine, time warped London boozer. The Bristol Arms was located in Calverley Road, just outside the town centre. But many decent watering holes have shut their doors for good over the years, leaving regulars with nothing but memories. The Windmill Tavern was located in North Street but is now a private house. === St Jamess Road=== Sandgate Street=== Hyndman Street=== Ruby Street=== Murdock Street=== Devon Street=== Devonshire Grove=== Sylvan Grove. A family walks past 'The World Turned Upside Down', a pub in London's World Turned Upside Down, 145 Old Kent Road, Southwark St George Martyr, London. The White Lion pub has sat derelict for more than a decade (Image: Google Maps) Location:Cheriton Road, Cheriton Factfile: This pub closed back in 2006 after a shooting in the May of that year. Former names Windsor, Prince of Wales, Prince of Saxe Coburg. The Rising Sun's building dates back to the 18th and the 19th century. The quoted passage is from this section on the Old Kent Road. 8-10. Flats The landlord of the pub, who was hosting a party to celebrate his first anniversary in charge of the business, later said he had not been aware of the trouble brewing outside until police had burst in. kiwi . The premises closed in 2004 to become a surgery. Prince of Wales, Lant St Demolished Britannia: 12 Bermondsey Street. Dalston-type gentrification seems unlikely, but who knows? A vaulted hall of a bar, a snooker table in an bleakly-lit adjacent room, a small stage bedecked with tinsel, ready for whatever live entertainments the landlord had corralled for the evenings punters, and a small cluster of daytime regulars. 762. Despite permission for this being granted in May of that year, work has not commenced. (Given its city limits location, this crossroads was also a place of execution, especially notable for politically-motivated disembowellings under Henry VIII, killings that would have happened more-or-less where the big Tesco stands today.) Factfile:Not everyone will remember Tofts, after it reportedly closed its doors in the 1980s. It became a night club in 1994. RM 2F46AG9 - 1950s, historical, a lady standing on a gravel road at the small village of Chiddingstone, Kent, England, UK, looking at distinctive wooden-framed Tudor buildings. Top pubs in Old Kent Road. The Bell, Webber St Proposed flats S531003 Quick View Swan pub 82-86 Old Kent Road [not listed in Kellys 1977]. Sight(s) Featured in This Guide: Were back to J.G. Bushwick Avenue, 1974. It was later demolished. Earl Of Beaconsfield Demolished [Public house (possibly).] 871. This pub was part of a former hotel The Granville Hotel which opened its doors in 1869 and enjoyed almost a century of success until its closure in 1946. 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