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LONDON, GREATER - London SW10, West Brompton, Fox & Pheasant

National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors Part One

1 Billing Road, Chelsea, London SW10, SW10 9UJ

Tel: 020 7352 2943

Public Transport: Underground: Fulham Broadway

Listed Status: Not listed

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A real inter-war time-warp now owned by East Anglian brewers Greene King and set in a private, gated-off road close to the Chelsea football ground. It was built in 1896 as the Prince of Wales, changed its name to Bedford Arms about ten years later and then to Fox and Pheasant in 1965. It was licensed simply as a beer house until as late as 1953. As you enter there is a small lobby with an off-sales hatch to the servery and doors to the public bar (left) and the rather larger saloon bar (right). Everything is quite low-key and what we see is typical of run-of-the-mill pub-fitting between the wars. The servery has glazed areas on each side, which house the spirits and glasses, etc. The rear doors and windows have attractive dimpled glass with green bands. All the fittings are from the inter-war refit as are some quite delightful tables and chairs with raked or curved legs. It’s a real pity the tiled frontage has been painted over.