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Pub with a dark green frontage, blending with the rest of the terrace. Dating from 1846 the pub has kept various Victorian features despite some modernisation and is featured in CAMRA's London Regional Inventory of Pub Interiors. Artist and illustrator Edward Ardizzone painted the pub in 1927 and his illustration also forms the frontispiece of Maurice Gorham's book "Back to the Local". Note the leaded windows with varied shades of coloured glass inserts.
Inside are three drinking areas and a secluded side room with marble fireplace; in the main bar area there's a warming living fire in the grate. There are four cask ale handpumps, selling at reasonable prices by London standards. The house cask beer is appositely and amusingly named "Made of Ale"! An interesting food menu offers a variety of dishes including pub classics and roasts on Sundays.
The area around is very mixed and hence the clientele is likewise eclectic which, along with the staff, creates a welcoming comfortable atmosphere in the pub. The venue has been described as "a must-visit pub if you are in W9".
Historic Interest
Grade II listed (Historic England ref 1273925), the present pub dates from 1846. Named after the original landowner, who married Jane Warwick of Warwick Hall, near Carlisle, in 1778 after whom several local streets were also named in the mid 19th century.
One star - A pub interior of special national historic interest
Listed status: II
Built 1846, despite some modernisation, this pleasant and relaxed pub, tucked away in a quiet side street, still has a good many Victorian features. Outside, don’t miss the stunningly prominent iron lamp bracket – it’s a good example of a feature often employed at Victorian pubs to advertise their presence. Street lighting was usually poor or non-existent and pub lamps acted like a beacon for prospective customers. The windows to the main bar have both strikingly large etched panes and some small stained glass panelled details. The entrances are embellished with tiled flooring. Inside, the bar counter is quite an unusual affair with recessed panels, bold ornate brackets and a prominently projecting top tier. The bar-back, however, is modern but in keeping. The walls are largely covered in match-board panelling above which is a delicate frieze.
The end of a terrace of 19th century three-storey brick houses and shops. Outside, don’t miss the stunningly prominent iron lamp bracket – it’s a good example of a feature often employed at Victorian pubs to advertise their presence. Street lighting was usually poor or non-existent and pub lamps acted like a beacon for prospective customers. The windows to the main bar have both strikingly large etched panes and some small stained glass panelled details. Despite some modernisation, this pleasant and relaxed pub, tucked away in a quiet side street, still has a good many Victorian features.
Double entrance doors on the right lead into a vestibule with colourful stained glass panels and a colourful Victorian tiled floor. There were two doors from the vestibule (one no longer in use) indicating the present bare wooden floored public bar was original two rooms. The walls are largely covered in matchboard panelling above which is a delicate frieze. In recent years the attractiveness of this room has been enhanced by the removal of a clumsy modern structure placed on top of the bar counter – good news.
Inside, the bar counter is quite an unusual affair with recessed panels, bold ornate brackets and a prominently projecting top tier, with a heating rail around the base. The bar-back, however, is modern but in keeping with its bevelled & etched mirrors and ornate brackets. The fireplace has what looks like an inter-war wood surround with a brick interior and there is a good ‘Bass & Co’s Ale’ mirror. At the rear of the room are two doorways to a small area which has probably been brought into use in relatively modern times.
The very wide middle door leads to a lobby embellished with Colourful Victorian tiled flooring and ahead of it is a door with ‘Private’ and three good decorative etched and frosted panels. A doorway from the lobby leads to the smoke room on the left; the left hand exterior doors with colourful stained glass panels are no longer in use. This small wood floored room has a grey and opal-coloured marble fireplace with unusual detailing, old dado panelling and a ‘Bass & Co’s Pale & Burton Ales’ mirror over the fireplace.
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This Pub serves 2 changing beers and 2 regular beers.
Warwick Castle, Maida Vale
Changing beers typically include: Timothy Taylor - Landlord
Lunchtime Meals
Evening Meals
Garden
Family Friendly
Dog Friendly
Function Room
Real Fire
Smoking
Real Ale
Real Heritage Pub
Cask Marque
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