Late 19th century four storey building with many fittings from Victorian and inter-war times. Above a black polished granite base is a fine recessed pub frontage including a rare central bay bowed and curved window above etched panels. The lower ‘Wines’, ‘Ales’ and ‘Spirits’ frosted windows look to be from the 1920/30s.
Built as an inn during the days between the medieval and modern market in an area which was then parkland. It is alleged that the pub was erected over the Path of Hope leading to a sanctuary church, which condemned prisoners from Newgate Prison were led, if they received a last minute reprieve.
Historic Interest
Grade II listing:- Public house, probably purpose built. Late C19. White brick set in Flemish bond with dressings of stone and tiles, roof obscured by parapet. Four storeys over basement, four-window range. Ground floor perhaps of c.1900. Base of black polished granite with pilasters to either side supporting consoles and pedimented brackets with fascia and cornice between; fine recessed pub frontage of wood and glass: flat-arched entrances to either side with woodwork in the Queen Anne style, semi-circular archivolts over with faceted glazing and panelled doors; central bay window curved at the corners and curved in section at the top with original faceted glass to archivolt; the whole frontage spanned by a slim wooden arch with glazed spandrels to the corners; panelled doors with faceted and lettered glass to former Saloon Bar and Public Bar; glazed and moulded tiles to external side walls. The windows to the upper floors are flat-arched with stone lintels recessed under a continous brick arcade which is round-arched to the first floor and segmental-arched to the second and third floors, the tympana on all floors and imposts on the third decorated with incised ornament; second-floor windows have small projecting balconies and large paterae to imposts, those to the third floor have a sill band of encaustic tiles; cornice missing; plain brick parapet. INTERIOR: : late C19 bar front; a stretch of glazed and moulded tiles to the dado on the south wall, with three panels of decorative mirror glass above, carrying painted monogram TH or HT.
One star - A pub interior of special national historic interest
Listed status: II
A late 19th century four storey building with some fittings from Victorian and inter-war times. Above a black polished granite base is a fine recessed pub frontage including a rare central bay bowed and curved window with etched and cut-glass panels. There is a tiled dado in both exterior porches and tiled panels higher up the wall. The outstanding features of the interior are on the left-hand wall, where there is a tiled dado (similar tiles to the outer lobbies), above which are three superb tall silver-inlaid mirrors incorporating painted 'TH' (The Hope) monograms and images of birds and plants. The bar counter may be 19th century, but the bar-back is recent replacement.
Late 19th century four storey building with many fittings from Victorian and inter-war times. Above a black polished granite base is a fine recessed pub frontage including a rare central bay bowed and curved window above etched panels. The lower ‘Wines’, ‘Ales’ and ‘Spirits’ frosted windows look to be from the 1920/1930s.
There is a tiled dado in both exterior porches and tiled panels higher up the wall. Good vestibule entrance on the left but sadly the ‘Public’ and ‘Bar’ panels on the double doors on the right and ‘Smoke Room’ panels were replaced by plain glass in a refurbishment in 2017.
The colourful tiled dado continues down the left hand internal wall and the mosaic floor here confirms there was a partitioned passage for access to the rear room prior to the removal of all room divisions. Above the tiling there are three panels of decorative mirror glass carrying painted monogram TH (The Hope).
Listed description states the bar counter dates from the late 19th century but the bar back fitting was of an inter-war style however in 2017 it was replaced by a new one. There is inter-war fielded panelling around the walls with a 1930s small tiled and wood surround fireplace at the rear right. Toilets on the rear left look to have been added in modern times.
This Pub serves 2 changing beers and 1 regular beer.
Hope, London
Changing beers typically include: St Austell - Tribute , Twickenham - Naked Ladies
Source: National