Biddle Bros: A Bar in an Old Ironmonger’s Shop
Biddle Bros: A Bar in an Old Ironmonger’s Shop | A Lower Clapton bar that kept the name and shopfront of the Biddle Brothers, the hardware merchants who once traded here
Tag: adaptive reuse
Burke’s Warehouse: Drinking in a Reclaimed Space
Burke’s Warehouse: Drinking in a Reclaimed Space | A Dalston bar whose name marries a personal surname with the industrial warehouse – a classic piece of East London adaptive reuse
The Old Library Bar: Drinking Among the Bookshelves
The Old Library Bar: Drinking Among the Bookshelves | A south-east London bar in a former library, turning a temple of books into a place of conviviality in the survey’s great adaptive-reuse tradition
Peckham Arches: Drinking Under the Railway
Peckham Arches: Drinking Under the Railway | A bar built into the Victorian railway arches, the quintessential Peckham setting and a survey theme made concrete
The Laundry Review: The Working Building Reborn as a Restaurant
The Laundry Review: The Working Building Reborn as a Restaurant | Housed in a former laundry, this Brixton venue continues the great trend of old working buildings reborn as places of pleasure
The Bar at The Post Review: The Old Post Office Reborn
The Bar at The Post Review: The Old Post Office Reborn | Housed in a former post office, this bar joins the great trend of grand old civic buildings reborn as places of pleasure
The Old Dispensary Review: The Healing House Reborn as a Pub
The Old Dispensary Review: The Healing House Reborn as a Pub | Set in a former dispensary – a charitable clinic where the poor once received free medicine – now a pub of adaptive reuse
The Timberyard Review: The Honest Craft of Wood and Timber
The Timberyard Review: The Honest Craft of Wood and Timber | A venue named ‘The Timberyard’ – evoking the honest working timber yard, and the warm, natural beauty of wood and craft