Although this pub is neither a listed building nor on CAMRA’s Inventory, it is locally listed and the description is as follows: “Early C20 pub with Art Nouveau details. 2 storeys, 5 bays wide. Stucco pub front with short Ionic pilasters each side framing the doorways. The upper floor framed with stock brick with an exaggerated main cornice. Hipped slate roof with dormers.”

Judging by a photograph on the wall, it is possibly a former Truman’s pub. According to CAMRA’s WhatPub entry “The Odessa Wharf building which can be seen from the garden of the pub dates back to 1810, making it one of the oldest surviving buildings in the area.”

The WhatPub link is here: WhatPub/Ship & Whale

The Ship & Whale features on the The South Bank Show: Daytime Pub Tour of Bermondsey and Rotherhithe on 15 June 2024.