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59-61 High Street, Plaistow, E13 0AD (View on Google Map)

(020) 8472 2351

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Historic Interior

Black Lion London E13 taken in July 1985.. (Pub, External). Published on 06-10-2018

Black Lion London E13. (Pub, External). Published on 05-11-2013

Walk Through The Servery To Get To The Other Bar. by Michael Slaughter

An old coaching inn with beams and wood panelling, as rebuilt in 1747. The smaller back bar is accessible by a separate door or through the end of the main bar. Next to the original cobbled courtyard, stables and outbuildings have been converted to a function room for hire. Up to six beers often feature Courage Best Bitter, Sharp's and Mighty Oak. The landlord has been here for over 35 years..

Information for this venue is provided by the East London & City Branch of CAMRA

Previous Names
Local Authority: Newham
Last updated: 02/01/2024
Last surveyed: 28/12/2023
Leasehold owner: unknown
Freehold owner: individual
Pub ID: ELC/13977
Asset of Community Value

One star - A pub interior of special national historic interest

Listed status: Not listed

This long-established pub has grown over the years and now encompasses three once-discrete buildings. The left-hand bar has what appears to be interwar panelling and a Victorian bar back with bevelled mirrors and columns. Note the attractive 1930s heraldic stained glass in the bay window. The main bar in the centre has a curved bar counter with fielded panelling on a plinth but that seems of no great age. The bar back fitting is perhaps of the 1970s and the separate small area on the right on a lower level has no old fittings. What is rare here it that you are allowed to walk through the servery to get from one bar to another on the left-hand side.

General information about historic pub interiors

Claims to be a 450-year-old pub with a frontage rebuilt in 1875. The smaller left-hand bar has an old vestibule entrance. The bar counter front has fielded panelling that appears to be inter-war and the counter top is old but is strangely sitting on a stone plinth that does not look to be of any age. The bar back could be Victorian with bevelled mirrors and columns with capitals and a decorative frieze at the top. The dado panelling might be old and the bay window has 1930s stained and leaded windows.

The main bar on the right has a curving bar counter of fielded panelling on a plinth that does not look old and here the counter top is modern. The bar back fitting looks 1970s and the separate small area on the right on a lower level has no old fittings. What is rare here it that you are allowed to walk through the servery to get from one bar to another. If you can, take a look at the West Ham Boys Boxing Club gym at the rear of the building - Training Times: Monday, Wednesday and Friday 5-6pm; Contact Lianne Jameson on 020 8472 3614. Terry Spinks started his career here.

General information about historic pub interiors

Monday

Noon - 11:00pm

Tuesday

Noon - 11:00pm

Wednesday

Noon - 11:00pm

Thursday

Noon - 11:00pm

Friday

Noon - 11:00pm

Saturday

Noon - 11:00pm

Sunday

Noon - 10:30pm

Monday