Although this pub is not a listed building, it is on the Campaign for Real Ale’s (CAMRA) Local Inventory with an interior of local historic interest, and the description is as follows: "The Nelson arms is included for what is probably the most intact and spectacular Charrington's Brewery pub exterior in London, and possibly anywhere. The building occupies a corner site with a corner turret. There's the trademark Charrington's brown tiling on the ground floor, with bowed windows on both sides. Set within the tiling above the bowed window on the Merton High Street side is the name of the pub, and elsewhere the tiling includes "Charringtons" and "Ales and Stout".

However, the most arresting external feature is the trio of painted tiled panels. All three panels are signed "Carters', Poole 1910"; the large one on the first floor of the Abbey Road side depicts HMS Victory and the pair on the ground floor of the Merton High Street side are of HMS Victory and Admiral the Lord Nelson."

The WhatPub link is here: WhatPub/Nelson Arms

The Nelson Arms has yet to feature on a LPG pub tour.

Exterior HMS Victory HMS Victory Admiral Lord Nelson