The White Lion is a Grade II listed public house in Putney, in the London Borough of Wandsworth.
The White Lion is a Grade II listed public house in Putney, in the London Borough of Wandsworth.
The building is on the west side of Putney High Street at numbers 14-16, close to the corner of the Lower Richmond road and the southern end Putney Bridge. [1]
The pub was a former hotel and the "White Lion" name has been in existence since 1636. [2]
The building dates from 1887 [3] and the architecture is in the French Second Empire style, [4] including caryatids and lions. [5] The pub had many different landlords [6] and once had a large meeting room and bowling saloons. [7]
In 1978 it was the venue for Gary Numan gig [8] and on 7 April 1983 the building was given Grade II status. [1] It later became a Slug and Lettuce chain pub, then The Litten Tree, then a Walkabout chain pub, then Wahoo, a sports bar. As of June 2019, it has been empty for over six years. [9] In 2017 it was given protection under Article 4 Directions by Wandsworth Borough Council. [10]
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