Description

CITY OF WESTMINSTER BATEMAN STREET, W1
TQ 2981 SE
58/89 No 18 (The Dog and Duck
Public House)
II
Includes The Dog and Duck Public House, Frith Street. Public house. 1897, by
Francis Chambers for Cannon Brewery. Cream glazed brick with white limestone
dressings and bands to window heads and sills; hipped plain tile roof. 4
storeys and attic. One-bay elevation to Frith Street and 3-bay elevation to
Bateman Street. Bracketed egg and dart cornice over ground-floor marble
fronts: fascia with inscribed lettering above segmental-arched "clerestory"
windows with decorative cut glass and segmental-arched windows and half-glazed
panelled doors with original fittings. Two-storey canted bay windows with
3-light stone-mullioned and transomed windows, one to Frith Street and two to
Bateman Street, are sunk into wall plane; left-hand bay of Bateman Street
elevation has 3-light moulded stone-mullioned windows with leaded-lights;
third floor has segmental-arched 2-light transomed windows, and dentilled
cornice over plaque of dog and duck. Stepped cornice; gable dormers with
bargeboards. Interior: an exceptional survival of a small late Victorian pub
interior with tilework, mirrors and high-quality joinery. Long and narrow
space with front and back bars divided by staircase to upper floors. Lavish
tilework to walls; Roman-style mosaic floor depicting dog alarming duck to
entry. Front bar has original bar set opposite fine group of mirrors,
including narrow mirror depicting dog alarming duck to right of two principal
mirrors advertising Virginia cigarettes and Brighton seltzer water signed "S
Trenner and Son". Back bar has large overmantle mirror above marble
fireplace, to right of door with cut glass decoration set in panelled screen
and leading to casement.

Listing NGR: TQ2971781106

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Dog and Duck at Wikipedia
• Dog and Duck official website
• Wikidata Q15978971

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)