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Hope

94 Cowcross Street
Farringdon
London
EC1M 6BH

• (020) 7490 0692
• Send an email to the Pub
• bestcitypubs.co.uk/the-hope-smithfield

Social Links

• Visit Hope on Facebook
• Follow @TheHope_London on Twitter

Opening Times

Meal Times

11 - 10 Mon - Sat
12 - 9 Sun

Owner

Stonegate

About the Pub

Late 19th century four storey building with many fittings from Victorian and inter-war times. Above a black polished granite base is a fine recessed pub frontage including a rare central bay bowed and curved window above etched panels. The lower ‘Wines’, ‘Ales’ and ‘Spirits’ frosted windows look to be from the 1920/30s.

Built as an inn during the days between the medieval and modern market in an area which was then parkland. It is alleged that the pub was erected over the Path of Hope leading to a sanctuary church, which condemned prisoners from Newgate Prison were led, if they received a last minute reprieve.

Historic Interest

Grade II listing:- Public house, probably purpose built. Late C19. White brick set in Flemish bond with dressings of stone and tiles, roof obscured by parapet. Four storeys over basement, four-window range. Ground floor perhaps of c.1900. Base of black polished granite with pilasters to either side supporting consoles and pedimented brackets with fascia and cornice between; fine recessed pub frontage of wood and glass: flat-arched entrances to either side with woodwork in the Queen Anne style, semi-circular archivolts over with faceted glazing and panelled doors; central bay window curved at the corners and curved in section at the top with original faceted glass to archivolt; the whole frontage spanned by a slim wooden arch with glazed spandrels to the corners; panelled doors with faceted and lettered glass to former Saloon Bar and Public Bar; glazed and moulded tiles to external side walls. The windows to the upper floors are flat-arched with stone lintels recessed under a continous brick arcade which is round-arched to the first floor and segmental-arched to the second and third floors, the tympana on all floors and imposts on the third decorated with incised ornament; second-floor windows have small projecting balconies and large paterae to imposts, those to the third floor have a sill band of encaustic tiles; cornice missing; plain brick parapet. INTERIOR: : late C19 bar front; a stretch of glazed and moulded tiles to the dado on the south wall, with three panels of decorative mirror glass above, carrying painted monogram TH or HT.

Regular cask ales

This pub serves 1 regular beer.

• Sharp's Doom Bar

Changing cask ales

This pub serves 2 changing beers.

Changing beers typically include:

• St Austell Tribute
• Twickenham Naked Ladies

Source: National

Updated on 17/12/2020
Last surveyed on 01/12/2016
Branch responsible is East London & City

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