Carlton Tavern
Pub in Kilburn, London
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Key Takeaways
- The Carlton Tavern is a pub in the Kilburn neighbourhood of London, England, originally completed in 1921.
- Westminster City Council subsequently ordered the pub to be rebuilt.
- The pub was the only building in the street to survive the Blitz during World War II.
- Augustine's church.
- It replaced an earlier pub on the same site that was destroyed by a German bomb from the major Gotha Raids air raid of 19/20 May 1918.
The Carlton Tavern is a pub in the Kilburn neighbourhood of London, England, originally completed in 1921. It was illegally demolished in 2015 by Tel Aviv-based developer CLTX, after it failed to obtain the necessary planning permission. Westminster City Council subsequently ordered the pub to be rebuilt. It reopened on 12 April 2021. The pub was the only building in the street to survive the Blitz during World War II.
Building
The Carlton Tavern stands on Carlton Vale, just north of Paddington Recreation Ground, and just to the south of St. Augustine's church. It was built in 1920–21 for Charrington Brewery to a design by the architect Frank J. Potter. It replaced an earlier pub on the same site that was destroyed by a German bomb from the major Gotha Raids air raid of 19/20 May 1918. The building was noted for its unaltered 1920s interiors and faience tiled exterior. It is the only building in the street to survive the Blitz during World War II. It was owned by Punch Taverns until at least June 2008, when Punch was unsuccessful in its application to have opening hours extended "until the early hours of the morning".
A spokesman for Historic England said "The site was remarkably well-preserved externally and internally. It displayed the hierarchy of rooms in their fixtures, fittings and decorative treatment and retained all its external signage. Few pubs were built at this date and fewer survive unaltered".
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