Two star - A pub interior of outstanding national historic interest
Listed Status: II
18 Bateman StreetTel: (020) 7494 0697
Email: dogandduck@nicholsonspubs.com
Website https://www.nicholsonspubs.co.uk/restaurants/london/thedogandducksoholondon
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/dogandducksoho
Real Ale: Yes
Lunchtime Meals: Yes
Evening Meals: Yes
Nearby Station: London Charing Cross
Station Distance: 850m
Public Transport: Near Railway Station (London Charing Cross) and Bus Stop
Bus: Yes
View on: Whatpub
The Dog & Duck boasts some most attractive Victorian tiling, framing two large advertising mirrors.
A small Soho pub, it was built as a hotel in 1897 to designs by the architect Francis Chambers for Cannon Brewery. The exterior has glazed brick upper floors incorporating a stone carving of the eponymous fauna (note also the delightful but sadly well-worn mosaic of the animals on the floor at the Frith Street entrance). The ground floor has polished granite pilasters and, around the base, facings of Larvikite - a dark, igneous rock that is attractive to the eye as it is speckled with crystals. These facings probably date from a 1930s makeover. The interior is also a mixture of Victorian and inter-war work – the former represented by extensive wall-tiling lining the back walls of the pub, forming the dado and framing a couple of large advertising mirrors; interestingly neither mirror promotes alcohol, rather long-vanished tobacco and mineral water products (the craftsman, S. Trenner, signed his creations). The more restrained work of around 1930 is found in the woodwork of the left-hand part, including the canted bar counter with a vertical matchboard panelled front. This was also probably the time when the pub was opened up and became its present single-space layout. Its Victorian predecessor would undoubtedly have had several divisions but it is hard to work out exactly how things were. The present servery now blocks a former outside door.
A gorgeous, small and very popular (i.e. packed) Soho pub, it was built in 1897 to designs by the architect Francis Chambers for Cannon Brewery. The exterior has glazed brick upper floors incorporating a stone carving of the animals mentioned in its name (note also the delightful mosaic of the animals at the Frith Street entrance). The ground floor has polished granite and Larvikite facings, which probably date from a 1930s makeover. The interior is also a mixture of Victorian and inter-war work – the former represented by extensive wall-tiling and a couple of large, framed advertising mirrors promoting long-vanished tobacco and mineral water products. The more restrained work of around 1930 is found in the woodwork of the left-hand part. This was also probably the time when the pub was opened up and took its present single-space layout. Its Victorian predecessor would undoubtedly have had several divisions but it is hard to work out exactly how things were. The present servery now blocks a former outside door. Brass-topped tables.