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Unspoilt basic backstreet boozer with very friendly mixed clientele, listed on CAMRA London Regional Inventory. Separate public bar, lounge, and small room containing a dartboard.
Well worth seeking out, away from the horde of trendy cocktail/foody bars now swamping Earlsfield.
Name reverted to Country House following demise of Jack Beard's but always known as the Fog, supposedly because homeward-bound rail commuters said they had been delayed by the atmospheric condition rather than being detained in this friendly establishment. Pleasantly refurbished in August 2017. It has two regular cask beers, and up to three other cask beers usually from local breweries. Food is not served, but customers are permitted to bring in their own food.
Two star - A pub interior of very special national historic interest
Listed status: Not listed
This pub retains its three separate rooms, as well as plenty of features from an inter-war fitting.
This pub is a tucked-away street-corner local built near Earlsfield station in Victorian times. It has long enjoyed a nickname of 'The Fog’ (from the days when London had fogs/smogs) bestowed by those who tarried here on the way home to their nearest and dearest and attributed their tardy return to being delayed by the fog. The pub was given a total refit about 1930 and still retains its three separate rooms, each of which bears striking brass plates with the name in question – public bar, private bar, and – perhaps unique – meal room. The fittings are plain but elegant and there are exposed beams, typical of circa 1930, on the ceilings. All three rooms have half height fielded panelling on the walls.
The public bar on the corner has a bar-back with leaded mirrors and a panelled counter with a black and white trough around the base. It also has a 1930s grey-painted brick, wood-surround, fireplace with a modern hearth, and some etched and frosted windows as well as three gaslight fittings remain.
A widish gap leads to the small room (originally the meal room) on the right, where service is via a small counter to the side of the servery. This room also has a black and white trough around the base of the counter.
The lounge on the left (originally the private bar) has a panelled bar counter as well as a four-bay Tudor arch shaped bar-back fitting with leaded mirrors. There are two wood surround fireplaces hidden behind radiators, and a dumb waiter.
This pub is a tucked-away street-corner local with a brown glazed brick exterior, built near Earlsfield station in Victorian times. It has long enjoyed a nickname of 'The Fog’ (from the days when London had fogs/smogs) bestowed by those who tarried here on the way home to their nearest and dearest and attributed their tardy return to being delayed by the fog. The pub was given a total refit about 1930 and still retains its three separate rooms, each of which bears striking brass plates with the name in question – public bar (on the corner), private bar, and – perhaps unique – meal room. The fittings are plain but elegant and there are exposed beams, typical of c. 1930, on the ceilings.
The public bar on the corner has a bare wood floor, and a 1930s panelled curved counter with a black and white trough around the base. The bar back fitting also dates from the 1930s with leaded mirrors, but fridge have replaced the lower shelves. There is a dado of fielded panelling around the room, a 1930s grey-painted brick fireplace, with a wood-surround and modern hearth, and some etched and frosted windows remain. Note the cupboards in the bar counter and the three surviving gaslight fittings.
A widish gap (sliding doors removed) leads to the small room (originally the meal room) on the right which has a bare wood floor with more fielded panelling on the dado. Service is via a small counter to the side of the servery, also with a black and white trough around the base, and a Tudor arch shaped window above the hatch opening which probably had a rising window in the past. It retains a blocked-up 1930s wood surround fireplace.
The lounge on the left (originally the private bar) is carpeted, with a 1930s panelled bar counter with original top as well as a 1930s four-bay Tudor arch shaped bar back fitting with leaded mirrors. There are two 1930s wood surround fireplaces but they have radiators in front of them. This room also has 1930s fielded panelling on the dado around two sides of the room, but a more plain modern dado on the front and left hand walls, and a dumb waiter.
This Pub serves 2 changing beers and 0 regular beers.
Country House, Earlsfield
Changing beers typically include: Harvey's - Sussex Best Bitter , Purity - Pure Gold , Timothy Taylor - Landlord
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