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At the heart of the historic Acton Town Centre, this welcoming venue has three bars of real character; an atmospheric front bar (now used for seating and live music) leads through to a heritage bar with exposed original features probably from the 17th
Century, and a cavernous and stylish back room which serves as the bar and the currently unused brewery. The bar features a list of landlords dating back to 1759. The back of the bar is dominated with an impressive array of vast copper and chrome brewing vessels, whilst the large square bar in the centre of the room is adorned by two art nouveau statues. The north wall is covered by a Rousseau style leafy mural.
Historic Interest
Grade II listing:- Two distinct periods. To left, later C18, 3 storeys and 3 bays with a single blank window to centre bay at first floor. Sashed windows and painted brick front. Ground storey. Good Edwardian public house front. To right, C17 timber frame with stucco front and slate roof. Two bays. Two storeys. Left band, carriage entrance under bay window. Right hand, modern shop at ground storey level. The origins of the building are clear from the rear with jettying and some C18 sash windows. Interior largely altered but has an apparently C18 staircase with turned balusters and closed string.
In two buildings â three-storey 18th century one on the left and a 17th century timber-framed one of two storeys with a carriage entrance on the left part. A pub with a very long history, probably stretching back to Tudor times. The list of licensees (displayed in the back bar) has been traced from 1759.
Some of the panelling in an upstairs room (not with public access) appears to be 17th-century. What distinguishes the pub in terms of its interior is the array of dark, generally plain panelling which is 18th-century and/or Victorian and gives a good impression of the surroundings countless thousands of drinkers would have experienced in pubs throughout the land a century and more ago. The large back room, now shared with an on-site brewery, is a Victorian addition and it is here that the servery is now located.
The panelling is the main feature, but there are detectable traces of a (probably at least prewar) layout in the front two rooms, and the side passage with surviving stable blocks (although strictly speaking not part of the "interior", although it is laid out as a partly-covered drinking space) also gives you an idea of how the pub operated in the past, presumably as a coaching inn.
This Pub serves 1 changing beer and 1 regular beer.
George & Dragon, Acton
Changing beers typically include: Allsopp's (varies)
Lunchtime Meals
Evening Meals
Live Music
Garden
Family Friendly
Disabled Access
Dog Friendly
Games
Real Fire
Separate Bar
Smoking
Wi Fi
Real Ale
Real Cider
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