In the spring of 2014, I enjoyed a memorable afternoon undertaking a crawl around historic pubs in Marylebone but since then I have been receiving reports of an alarming number of closures in this attractive backwater. So yesterday I set out on a melancholy pilgrimage at the year’s end to say farewell to the disappearing pubs of Marylebone – needless to say I returned footsore and thirsty.
The Beehive in Homer St, opened before 1848 (photographed in 2014)
The Beehive is now being redeveloped
Two regulars at The Harcourt Arms, in Harcourt St since 1869 (photographed in 2014)
The Harcourt Arms is no longer a pub but now The Harcourt, a restaurant
The Windsor Castle in Crawford Place since 1856 closed in August for redevelopment into luxury flats
It is rumoured The Lord Wargrave built in 1866 in Crawford Place may be closing soon
The Victory in Brendon St since 1829 became a restaurant this year
The Duke of York in Harrowby St since 1827 shut last summer but an application for a new licence has been submitted
The Duke of Wellington built in 1812 in Crawford St recently closed
The Beehive in Crawford St was first licenced in 1793, was rebuilt in 1884 and is currently derelict after a recent fire
The Beehive, Crawford St
The Tudor Rose in Blandford St opened in 1841 as ‘Le Fevre’s Coffee House,’ becoming ‘The Lincoln Hotel’ by 1852, then rebuilt as ‘The William Wallace’ in 1936 and renamed ‘The Tudor Rose’ in 2000 but shut this year with a recent planning application to alter the exterior
Interior of The Tudor Rose in 2014
Interior of The Tudor Rose today
Stained glass at The Tudor Rose
The Dover Castle, Weymouth Mews since 1807 shut for redevelopment in September (photographed in 2014)
The Dover Castle in 2014
The Dover Castle today
The Pontefract Castle opened in 1869 in Wigmore St but is now only the facade of a new development
The George in Great Portland St opened before 1839 but has now shut
Approximately ten pubs are closing for good in London each week at present
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