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The Green Man, Soho

Coordinates: 51°30′56″N 0°08′12″W / 51.51559°N 0.13668°W / 51.51559; -0.13668
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The Green Man
The pub in 2008
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Location57, BERWICK STREET W1
Coordinates51°30′56″N 0°08′12″W / 51.51559°N 0.13668°W / 51.51559; -0.13668
Builtc. 1738
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameGREEN MAN PUBLIC HOUSE
Designated23-Nov-1978
Reference no.1291968

The Green Man is a Grade II listed public house at 57 Berwick Street, in London's Soho.[1]

History

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There has been a pub at this location since 1738.[2] It was Grade II listed in 1978.[3]

Architecture

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The current premises dates from the early 19th century. The building is constructed from yellow stock brick over three storeys, with a slate roof. A front on the ground floor with granite flanking pilasters was added in the early 20th century.[3] Each of the floors have widely spaces windows with flat gauged arches.[4]

The sign outside the pub depicts a caricature of Hercules with a green club, decorated with leaves.[5]

References

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Citations

  1. ^ "Berwick Street, London | Open Skies Article | Open Skies". Emirates United Kingdom.
  2. ^ Weinreb et al. 2008, p. 63.
  3. ^ a b Historic England. "GREEN MAN PUBLIC HOUSE, City of Westminster (1291968)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  4. ^ 'D'Arblay and Noel Street Area', in Survey of London: Volumes 31 and 32, St James Westminster, Part 2, ed. F. H. W. Sheppard (London, 1963), pp. 230–242. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vols31-2/pt2/pp230-242 [accessed 10 October 2019].
  5. ^ Simpson 2011, p. 121.

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