The George Inn, Southwark

Coordinates: 51°30′15″N 0°05′24″W / 51.504182°N 0.090021°W / 51.504182; -0.090021
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The George Inn
Map
Former names
  • Gorge
  • George and Dragon
Alternative namesThe George
General information
Type
timber framed
Website
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/george-inn

The George Inn, or The George, is a

National Trust. It is located about 250 metres (820 ft) from the south side of the River Thames near London Bridge and is the only surviving galleried London coaching inn.[1]

History

The pub was formerly known as the George and Dragon, named after the legend of

Elizabethan theatrical productions (Inn-yard theatre), as other galleried inns were.[citation needed
]

A pub has existed on the site since medieval times. In 1677, it was rebuilt after a serious fire destroyed most of Southwark. The medieval pub was situated next door to an

Chaucer set The Canterbury Tales.[2]

Later, the Great Northern Railway used the George as a depot and pulled down two of its fronts to build warehousing. Now just the south face remains.[citation needed]

Charles Dickens visited The George, and referred to it in both Little Dorrit and Our Mutual Friend.[citation needed]

Description

The building is partly timber framed.[3] The ground floor is divided into a number of connected bars. The Parliament Bar used to be a waiting room for passengers on coaches. The Middle Bar was the Coffee Room, which was frequented by Charles Dickens. The bedrooms, now a restaurant, were upstairs in the galleried part of the building.[citation needed]

It is the only surviving galleried coaching inn in London. The

Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales
); it too was demolished in the nineteenth century.

The building is listed Grade I on the National Heritage List for England, and is listed in the Campaign for Real Ale's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors.[4]

Gallery

  • The sign depicts Saint George slaying a dragon.
    The sign depicts Saint George slaying a dragon.
  • Secondary sign, with another depiction of Saint George slaying the dragon.
    Secondary sign, with another depiction of Saint George slaying the dragon.
  • Inn, 1858
    Inn, 1858
  • Inn, 1889
    Inn, 1889
  • rear of Inn and coach yard, 1889
    rear of Inn and coach yard, 1889
  • tap room
    tap room
  • coffee-room
    coffee-room
  • first floor gallery
    first floor gallery
  • bar parlour
    bar parlour
  • dining room
    dining room
George Inn, Southwark, 1885 by Philip Norman

See also

References

  1. ^ "George Inn". Archived from the original on 24 September 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Tales from a London Barstool: A Review of Pete Brown's".
  3. ^ Historic England, "The George Inn (1378357)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 2 March 2020
  4. ISBN 978-1-85249-247-2
    .

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