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George Tavern, London

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Operator: Independent
373 Commercial Road, Stepney, London, E1 0LA (View on Google Map)
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Modernised grade II listed old pub with live music and door charge on occasions. Has retained huge tiled painted mural.

Information for this venue is provided by the East London & City Branch of CAMRA
Previous Names
Mad George
Local Authority
Tower Hamlets
Last updated
15/09/2022
Last surveyed
19/02/2014
Pub ID
ELC/13792
Asset of Community Value

One star - A pub interior of special national historic interest

A grand corner pub containing some remarkable tiled panels on one wall.

The George Tavern occupies a commanding position at a busy crossroads on Commercial Road. It was built in the 1820s, remodelled in 1862 and then underwent an interior re-fit in 1891 by R. A. Lewcock. It has unfortunately had almost all of its interior features removed but earns a place on the Inventory because it retains on one wall a marvellous series of three large tiled panels containing ravishingly colourful imagery. The left and right panels depict the eponymous monarch flanked by two putti. The large central image shows the pub in an earlier incarnation (when it was called the Halfway House) with a horse-drawn haywain passing by. Its caption – “Ye George Tavern in ye Olden Time. 1654” - demonstrates how the Victorians loved to promote a nostalgic concept of “old England”.  The bar servery, which is modern, has been moved to the rear wall on which the tiles are mounted, thus making them easy to miss. But they reward close scrutiny.

The George is a much-loved venue for live music and since 2008 has been the subject of a widely-publicised – and successful - campaign to stop the development of flats adjacent to it, which would have caused the pub’s closure.

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Opening
Monday
4:00pm - Midnight
Tuesday
4:00pm - Midnight
Wednesday
4:00pm - Midnight
Thursday
4:00pm - Midnight
Friday
4:00pm - 3:00am
Saturday
4:00pm - 3:00am
Sunday
4:00pm - Midnight
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Facilities
Live Music Live Music
Smoking Smoking
Features
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Transport
Close to bus routes
15, 115, 135, 339
Nearby Station (900m)
Limehouse
Close to London Underground/Overground/DLR (450m)
Shadwell
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