Jolly Woodman

Pub Heritage Group have recently carried out a regrading of Real Heritage Pubs - click here for full details

Greater London South East - Beckenham

One star - A pub interior of special national historic interest

Listed Status: Not listed

9 Chancery Lane
Beckenham
BR3 6NR

Tel: (020) 8663 1031

Email: thejollywoodmanbeck@hotmail.co.uk

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/177610388947754

Real Ale: Yes

Lunchtime Meals: Yes

Nearby Station: Beckenham Junction

Station Distance: 750m

Bus: Yes

View on: Whatpub

The Jolly Woodman retains some inter-war features, including the bar counter and most of the bar-back.

Built in 1840, this is a delightful pub in a quiet lane off the main road, retaining the look and feel of a rural pub, reminiscent of when it was probably surrounded by countryside and farmland. The front room is extremely small but even so was originally two separate spaces with the unused door on the right leading into a snug cum off-sales until the partition was removed in the 1960s. The bar counter has tongue and groove panelling with a plain and well-worn top and probably dates from the 1920s. The plain and simple bar-back also looks inter-war except for the addition of some more modern woodwork, possibly for necessary repairs. There's also half-height matchboard panelling on the walls and old fixed bench seating. A widen opening on the left leads to a larger back room created in the 70s, which also has matchboard panelling on the walls and some fixed bench seating.