Although this pub is not a listed building, it is a Two Star pub on CAMRA’s National Inventory with an interior of very special national historic interest and the description is as follows: “An early to mid 19th century backstreet workers' pub, with some original features. Now very much an upmarket place for a drink and a meal, this was once a simple back-street boozer. Originally known as the Guardsman, it was built in the early to mid 19th century to serve the needs of the staff from the neighbouring mansions as well as other local workers. The plain, three-storey frontage appears much as it did when originally built (apart from the thoroughly unnecessary application of white paint) with stone steps up to the main entrance. The two doors, one at the front at the top of the steps and the other on the right of the building in Old Barrack Yard, suggest that, small as the pub is, it would have had a couple of separate drinking areas. The fittings are simple and basic as befits what was once a workers' pub – a match-boarded dado round the walls, and an old bar-back with plain shelving and plain bevelled mirrors but with some wood carving at the top. The counter has had a pewter top placed on it at some stage, and the counter front with attractive match-boarding on the curved corners and square panelling at the front and sides is a modern replacement for the original matchboard panelling. The two rear rooms were not part of the original pub area, having been brought into use long after it was built.”

The WhatPub link is here: WhatPub/Grenadier

The Pub Heritage Group link is here: PHG/Grenadier

The Grenadier featured on the Evening Crawl of Belgravia on 28 September 2002, the Cavaliers and Grenadiers; Evening Crawl of Knightsbridge and Belgravia on 12 August 2009, the Mews and Booze: Evening Crawl of Belgravia and Knightsbridge on 28 September 2012, and features on the Hidden Gems: Evening Pub Tour of Belgravia on 14 August 2024.

Exterior Servery Front Bar Rear Dining Room Pub Sign