Blacksmiths Arms, Rotherhithe

A late 19th century three-storey building with a classic Brewer’s Tudor half-timbered exterior above a glazed brick ground floor – the glazing looks modern. The interior is of three little-altered rooms with inter-war fittings – two narrow bars either side of a central servery.

The front right door leads into the right hand lounge bar with a carpet and wood panelling on the walls to picture-frame height. The bar counter is a classic inter-war one of fielded panelling but the modest bar back on the right looks modern. Originally it is likely that there was more screenwork in the servery.

There is a large part glazed full height screen separating the two bars and in it a folding partition but the folding doors are always folded back creating a wide gap. This bar has another inter-war fielded panelled bar counter, a disused door, wood laminate floor and the walls have fielded panelling to picture-frame height.

Another full height part-glazed screen separates the rear dining room from the front two bars still with doors from them. The dining room has fielded panelling to picture-frame height all around the walls and a bare wood floor. There is a hatch to the servery but the bar counter front of it looks modern and there is a plain skylight.