Loughborough Hotel - is it a goner?
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ringo
Macaroni cheese controller
I work for Rightmove, the ground floor flat with 1st floor rooms & cellar has just come onto the website today. Definitely won't be a pub again now:
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property/16188451
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property/16188451
poster342002
PROPER leftwing socialist
Just of of interest, when did this place actually function as a hotel? I seem to remember there being loads of pubs called "The something or other Hotel", but which didn't actually offer accomodation. Why was this? 
twistedAM
Left Of The Dial
It's a ground floor flat with three bedrooms; the LH wasn't all that big so I don't see how there's room for a flat of that size and a bar.
First place i ever did karaoke.
The list of Lost Pubs of Brixton gets longer; won't be long till it exceeds the list of actual pubs.
ringo
Macaroni cheese controller
Ah, well spotted, I saw it was the ground floor and assumed it was, but the pub bit has bigger windows so I think you're right.
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hiraethified
I looked in the pub and it was still all there, with dust-covered idle pumps and chairs stacked up.
The apartment is in the refurbished 'side' bit.
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hiraethified
It's with a heavy heart that I can announce that the Loughborough Hotel has joined the Lost Pubs section of this site:
http://www.urban75.org/brixton/bars/loughborough-hotel-brixton.html
It was The Woodentops first ever gig!
http://www.urban75.org/brixton/bars/loughborough-hotel-brixton.html
It was The Woodentops first ever gig!
poster342002
PROPER leftwing socialist
Thanks for the info. That'd explain it.
dogmatique
merde alors
I went in there a year ago, and there were *no* customers on a Friday evening. It was already depresssing as the magnificent old dancefloor where I'd attempted some Salsa was already long gone.
The landlord talked about food and stuff, but his heart wasn't really in it, and seemed surprised to be actually serving customers.
If no one goes, the pub goes. End of, unfortunately.
The landlord talked about food and stuff, but his heart wasn't really in it, and seemed surprised to be actually serving customers.
If no one goes, the pub goes. End of, unfortunately.
Brixton Hatter
Home is south London mate
The Loughborough Hotel is at the end of my road, about a minute from my house. It has been closed ever since I moved here (from SW2 
) in June 2006. I'd estimate it closed early in 2006, maybe even earlier than that - at least two years ago anyway. It stood empty for a while and for the past year developers have been converting the back/side of the ground floor and all of the upstairs into flats.
The pub was huge. It had large bar downstairs and a number of store rooms at the back. When you went upstairs, there was another huge bar and a further large function room adjoining that - they used to have gigs and jam sessions upstairs. Building work finished in the past 3-6 months and I'd estimate there is probably at least 6-8 flats in the building now - maybe more. They extended into a little gap between the edge of the pub and the next row of houses. All that appears to be left is the downstairs bar area itself (including bar, pumps, pub furniture etc) - but you cant really see a licensed business (bar, restaurant, or whatever) being able to survive there due to the close proximity of the flats.
It's an undeniably beautiful building - built 1897 if i remember the carved stone plaque on the wall correctly - and to be honest, the rebuilding has been reasonably sympathetic to the original building; it's just a shame this particular place never looks like it will be a boozer again.
) in June 2006. I'd estimate it closed early in 2006, maybe even earlier than that - at least two years ago anyway. It stood empty for a while and for the past year developers have been converting the back/side of the ground floor and all of the upstairs into flats. The pub was huge. It had large bar downstairs and a number of store rooms at the back. When you went upstairs, there was another huge bar and a further large function room adjoining that - they used to have gigs and jam sessions upstairs. Building work finished in the past 3-6 months and I'd estimate there is probably at least 6-8 flats in the building now - maybe more. They extended into a little gap between the edge of the pub and the next row of houses. All that appears to be left is the downstairs bar area itself (including bar, pumps, pub furniture etc) - but you cant really see a licensed business (bar, restaurant, or whatever) being able to survive there due to the close proximity of the flats.
It's an undeniably beautiful building - built 1897 if i remember the carved stone plaque on the wall correctly - and to be honest, the rebuilding has been reasonably sympathetic to the original building; it's just a shame this particular place never looks like it will be a boozer again.
poster342002
PROPER leftwing socialist
MrSki
Who am I to say you're wrong
It was one of the pubs I used to promise myself I'd go to "when I grow up", along with The Old White Horse. Sadly, when I did grow up I never got round to using either of them. Pieces of living history and memories now gone for ever.
The Old White Horse is now Jamm. It is a shame that the 159 bus does not have Jamm as a destination as it did when it was the Old White horse.
It is also a shame that the Old Bill do not put a mounted officer on a white horse in Max Roach Park like in the good old days...
The Loughborough Hotel has been shut for at least 18 months. It was done up in late 2005 but was only open for about 6 months. like any business it can't survive without customers.
It is a pain in the arse cos there is not a pub I can pop along to in my slippers to watch the footie.
If it makes you feel better, The Old White Horse in it's latter days stank of piss & was a bit of a shithole.
Bar Lorca was crap (according to Spanish friends) but Jamm does have changing opening hours & only looks open when is is a crowd of smokers outside.
I know it is open more often than it looks cos I can hear the punters leaving at 4ish in the morning. (I am not complaining
) Shame it is not open in the day for those early Arsenal kickoffs....
Brixton Hatter
Home is south London mate
The final nail in the coffin of the Loughborough Hotel has come over the past few weeks, with the downstairs bar being converted into a swanky flat. The bar, fireplace, mirrors and other fixtures and fittings have been removed and a kitchen and mezzanine level installed. I'll see if the builders will let me take some photos when I next go past. The windows have all been replaced by frosted glass so you cant see inside anymore.
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hiraethified
That's really sad. If you could grab a few photos that would be great - I could add it to the (sadly constantly expanding) 'lost pubs' section here.
lordnoise
Well-Known Member
"If it makes you feel better, The Old White Horse in it's latter days stank of piss & was a bit of a shithole" - Mr Ski.
Thats a bit unfair to The Old White Horse (a bit like only remembering your war hero Grandad for his later incontinence) which had a late flowering when Sean the landlord of The Railway Hotel (later Bradys) took over after Youngs ditched The Railway. He took a lot of the Irish custom there and it was a good old fashioned boozer into the mid 90s.
Internally it had already suffered from modernisation in the 60s and 70s though - the real gem in North Brixton was The Russell Hotel down the road at the Vassell Rd crossroads. It had fantastic and expensive Edwardian wood panelling in both bars - a huge crime and shame its gone. Have they ever finished the flats it was supposed to be converted into ?
Thats a bit unfair to The Old White Horse (a bit like only remembering your war hero Grandad for his later incontinence) which had a late flowering when Sean the landlord of The Railway Hotel (later Bradys) took over after Youngs ditched The Railway. He took a lot of the Irish custom there and it was a good old fashioned boozer into the mid 90s.
Internally it had already suffered from modernisation in the 60s and 70s though - the real gem in North Brixton was The Russell Hotel down the road at the Vassell Rd crossroads. It had fantastic and expensive Edwardian wood panelling in both bars - a huge crime and shame its gone. Have they ever finished the flats it was supposed to be converted into ?
southside
Banned
Then came the smoking ban and the want for a gastronomic shit hole pub was deserted as the old Irish road diggers decided to say fuck going down the pub if you can't have a smoke with your pint. I suppose though a lot of the working class can't afford to go to the pub as often as they once did because of the price of a pint being so high. you know who you are. The peeps that earn £350 a week (Before Tax) and have three kids.
It does look though that the kill joy do gooders aren't happy with no one smoking in pubs any more, it now looks as though they want to ban drinking in them too.
It does look though that the kill joy do gooders aren't happy with no one smoking in pubs any more, it now looks as though they want to ban drinking in them too.
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hiraethified
Most of the closed pubs in Brixton were long gone before the smoking ban hit. We've had this discussion millions of times: pubs were killed by rising bar prices, dirt-cheap supermarket drinks, rising rents, the rise of home entertainment, SkyTV pricing and a ton of associated factors.
I think the flats have been finished for a few years - they have now converted the ground floor and apparently Tesco are going to move in, the wood panelling presumably is long gone
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
True enough. I remember going into the Ole White Horse probably 20 years ago and it was pretty dead. The Russell/Brady's was slightly busier with mainly Irish but wasn't a great pub
Des Christie who ran the George IV also had the Russell for a while
The site was advertised for a rent of £85,000 a year so Tesco or similar are about the only business that could afford the site.
