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The Sun Tavern Public House

A Grade II Listed Building in St James's, London

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.514 / 51°30'50"N

Longitude: -0.1227 / 0°7'21"W

OS Eastings: 530365

OS Northings: 181124

OS Grid: TQ303811

Mapcode National: GBR JC.MF

Mapcode Global: VHGQZ.T6HP

Plus Code: 9C3XGV7G+JW

Entry Name: The Sun Tavern Public House

Listing Date: 15 January 1973

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1222311

English Heritage Legacy ID: 414459

Also known as: The Sun Tavern, Covent Garden
Sun Tavern

ID on this website: 101222311

Location: St Giles, Westminster, London, WC2E

County: London

District: City of Westminster

Electoral Ward/Division: St James's

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: City of Westminster

Traditional County: Middlesex

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London

Church of England Parish: St Paul Covent Garden

Church of England Diocese: London

Tagged with: Pub

Description


TQ 3081 SW CITY OF WESTMINSTER LONG ACRE, WC2 59/5 15.1.73 No 66; (The Sun Tavern Public House)

G.V. II

Terraced public house. c1860-70. Stucco, slate roof. Eclectic public house Italianate. 4 storeys. 2 windows wide. Ground floor has panelled and glazed doors flanking broad semicircular arched bar windows, in a Venetian composition with dividing piers and enriched oculi over-doors; framing ornamented pilasters support consoles at ends of fascia, the cornice over acting as 1st floor sill course. 1st floor sash windows in eaved architraves with segmental heads, centre one with mask and pendant; 2nd floor windows architraved with cornices and pediment over centre window. Dentil cornice with paired terminal consoles beneath attic storey which has semicircular arched architraved windows; panelled quoin pilasters and crowning moulded cornice with blocking course raised over centre.

Listing NGR: TQ3037281119

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