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LONDON, GREATER - South Kenton, Windermere

National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors Part One

Windermere Avenue, South Kenton, HA9 8QT

Tel: 020 8904 7484

Public Transport: Railway Station: South Kenton; Underground: South Kenton

Listed Status: Grade II

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Right by South Kenton station this is a good place to see how a typical large, inter-war suburban pub was planned and fitted up. It was built in 1938 or 1939 and is a large, red-brick, Dutch-gabled structure. There are three bars. The public bar, facing Windermere Avenue, is only used for parties and other functions. On the station side there is a saloon bar with a lounge behind. Original features include the large inner porches, bar counters, back fittings, wall panelling, wavy cornices, doors between the saloon and lounge, fireplaces (charming pictorial tiles with windmills in the saloon fire surround), tiles and fittings in the loos, and, in the saloon, an advertising mirror over the fireplace with Courage cockerel and a clock: the shape of the top reflects that of the gables outside.

The only significant change is the loss of the off-sales compartment which has been incorporated into the public bar. The fixed seats are additions and the superstructures on the saloon and lounge counters look like work of the 1950s or 1960s. For another pub on a similar scale and style, try the Doctor Johnson, Barkingside, IG5.