Description

SOUTHWARK

TQ3477NE OLD KENT ROAD
636-1/38/548 (South side)
27/09/72 No.720
The Kentish Drovers Public House

II

Public house. c1840. Painted brick with polished stone and
timber ground floor (altered). Rounded corner (above ground
floor) with return along Commercial Way.
EXTERIOR: Old Kent Road elevation 3 storeys, 3 bays, with
slightly projecting side sections with low, pediment-like
gables over deep eaves soffit. Projecting ground floor
continues around corner and along return, with modified Ionic
pilasters supporting fascia board and dentil cornice, and
flanking windows. Sash windows with glazing bars on upper
floors, all with flat, gauged-brick arches except outer 2 on
1st floor of main elevation, which have segmental arches.
Entrances at canted corner, between paired pilasters, and at
far left. Huge, prominent signboard at 2nd-floor level on
corner and along return, depicting drovers in a landscape.
INTERIOR: has composite columns supporting 1st floor. Late C19
carved mahogany bar fittings and engraved glass.

Listing NGR: TQ3475677554

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26665507

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Recommended Books

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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)