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The King's Head

A florid gin palace of 1896 on the Tooting road, with a right-hand wing that is a front and nothing behind it.

Historic interior

Rebuilt in 1896 by W. M. Brutton, who designed a great many pubs; Historic England calls this perhaps his masterpiece and his least altered interior. The front is a domed centre with a verandah under an ogee roof on an iron balustrade, and then the oddity: the wing to the right is a facade only, with nothing behind it, inscribed "Rebuilt 1896" as though it were a building.

Inside are brilliant-cut glass, patterned tiles, wrought iron, and bar fittings and screens that include some unusual pierced work. The rooms have been altered over the years, so what you come for is the glass, the tiles and the ironwork rather than the plan they once divided.

Where
84 Upper Tooting Road, SW17 7PB
Nearest station
Tooting Bec · 4 min walk

Hours

Monday12:00 – 23:00
Tuesday12:00 – 23:00
Wednesday12:00 – 23:00
Thursday12:00 – 00:00
Friday12:00 – 01:00
Saturday11:00 – 01:00
Sunday11:00 – 23:00

Hours from the page that lists them, checked 18 September 2026.

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