{"id":4826,"date":"2011-08-02T11:07:14","date_gmt":"2011-08-02T10:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=4826"},"modified":"2018-04-19T22:40:21","modified_gmt":"2018-04-19T21:40:21","slug":"duke-of-wellington-acre-lane-brixton-edwardian-pub-demolished","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/duke-of-wellington-acre-lane-brixton-edwardian-pub-demolished\/","title":{"rendered":"Duke of Wellington, Acre Lane Brixton – Edwardian pub demolished"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Duke<\/p>\n

We’ve lost a worrying amount of pubs around Brixton<\/a> over the years, and I’m saddened to see that the attractive Duke of Wellington pub on Acre Lane is currently being reduced to rubble.<\/p>\n

The site has been handed over to a housing association, Genesis Housing, who have received planning permission to build “30 environmentally friendly homes, including affordable housing” on the site of the pub and\u00a0adjacent Fulham Timber Yard site.<\/p>\n

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\"Duke<\/p>\n

The charming Edwardian facade is now hidden behind plastic sheeting as\u00a0demolition\u00a0takes place – a process that has caused some concern amongst local residents<\/a>. [July 2011]<\/p>\n

\"Duke<\/p>\n

Built in 1907, the pub had many rather delightful Edwardian touches, with intricately detailed gables, and the brickwork proudly displaying the date of\u00a0construction.
\n[All photos August 2008]<\/p>\n

\"Duke<\/p>\n

The pub closed in July 2003, with a poster on our forums\u00a0documenting\u00a0its\u00a0ignominious end<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The Duke of Wellington, or “Mabel’s” as it was known after a former landlady, was an undistinguished local in the early 90s, with a pool table at the back; never packed, it had clearly been in decline since the departure of the legendary Mabel (whom I never knew). The beer and atmosphere was always better across the road in the Hope and Anchor, even when it was at its nadir.<\/p>\n

In the early 2000s there was a sudden influx of young, aggressive Jamaicans (a.k.a. “yardies”) in and around that area – who seemed to adopt the Duke as their base and made it very unwelcoming to others, and there were a number of incidents including the one GG refers to above when we had a seriously-wounded African man on our doorstep, who had been stabbed following an argument over a karaoke song-book.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Another poster commented<\/a>:<\/p>\n

I don’t think there were many locals who mourned the closing of the Wellington, other than in the sense of a nice building being underused.<\/p>\n

The Hope across the road is rarely full and the Wellington had become a magnet for wannabe gangsters from all over the place, with a penchant for shootings in the street<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Duke<\/p>\n

Another local was equally unimpressed<\/a> with the pub at the end:<\/p>\n

I used to live around the corner from it. During the two years I lived there (2000-2002) it tended to have lots of trouble. There was at least one stabbing and one shooting (possibly two can’t remember). I only ever went in there once and that was to ask for some change. One day I think it just went too far and they closed it down<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Duke<\/p>\n

\"Duke<\/p>\n

The DeadPubs website<\/a> lists the landlords and landladies for the pub up to 1956.<\/p>\n

1894 – 1920 George Mason
\n1917 – 1940 Albert Matthews
\n1921 Albert E Matthews
\n1944 Mabel Elnaugh
\n1944 – 1956 Mabel Elnaugh<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Duke<\/p>\n

For the last few years, the boarded up pub was squatted before the wrecking ball arrived.<\/p>\n

So, goodbye Duke Of Wellington, 170 Acre Lane, Brixton, London, SW2 5UL.<\/p>\n

Read more: Lost pubs of Brixton – a guide.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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