Brixton: lost pubs: KING OF SARDINIA
21 Somers Road, Streatham Hill, Brixton, London SW2
Known locally as the 'King of Sardines', there's been a pub on this site since Victorian times, with the pub being listed in the 1881 census.
By 2003 the attractive pub was boarded up and waiting conversion into flats.
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King of Sardinia [pic: IanW]
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King of Sardinia [pic: IanW]
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King of Sardinia [pic: IanW]
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King of Sardinia [pic: IanW]
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King of Sardinia [pic: IanW]
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King of Sardinia [April 2005]
The plight of the pub was discussed on the urban75 bulletin boards in May 2004.
Brixton Hatter: As for the King of Sardinia, yes there's a current application pending consideration to:
Change of use from public house (Class A3) to five self-contained flats (Class C3) with first floor rear/side extension and second floor rear side extension and roof extension with dormer window and associated alterations.
![King of Sardinia, 21 Somers Road, Streatham Hill, Brixton, London SW2](images/king-of-sardinia-brixton.jpg)
Google Street View as seen in May 2013.
ianw: The first time I went in there was some kind of Brazilian jazz band playing. Not many people in but it had a good vibe. Reminded me of the Landor in the early nineties - when you were likely to walk in to find a DJ in an orange dress spinning Puff The Magic Dragon. Second time it was a bit dead so we sat outside. Then it closed. That was roughly this time last year.
Minnie the Minx:
Didn't get on with it at all. Not sure why, but there was a bargirl there years ago who just didn't seem to like other women going in. I almost felt resented. She'd stand there eating her sausage roll rather than serve me. It was a real lads pub then and hardly any women went in except at weekends when they were let out by their husbands - that's the impression I got
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