This pub is not only a grade II listed building, it is also a One Star pub on the Campaign for Real Ale’s (CAMRA) National Inventory with an interior of special national historic interest, and the description is as follows: "Two-storey pub rebuilt 1881 of red brick with a panel of a sunflower in relief and retains two (of originally three) rooms and even the off sales shop on the right remains but long disused.

Large surviving off sales shop on the right survives, together with most of the counter, although one corner has been removed for ease of access. It retains the original shelving and is currently used for storage, but is likely to be lost soon, to be converted into a tea room by the pub's Pizza franchise.

Lounge bar at rear of the pub is entered through an exterior lobby on Shrewsbury Road side with a black and white tiled floor. The semi circular bar counter looks old, and the bar backs are also old (1930s or earlier) with a number of narrow mirrored panels. The pot shelf above the bar is modern. There is a 1930s brick fireplace, and an old baffle by the door. The ladies has inter-war white dado tiling with a green border throughout; gents toilets have no old fittings.

Public bar on Shooters Hill side of the pub is entered through a vestibule with a tiled floor and two doors (only the right one in use). This indicates two rooms have been knocked together. Additionally, a corner door is now bricked up (many years ago?) which locals claim led to a snug. Frosted panels in the surviving doors. The counter - from the appearance of the hatch - seems old, but has been refronted and a new top added in the 1960s. Parts of the bar back (wooden arch, pillars) are original, but mosaic mirrors, illuminated panels on the top of the bar back with ‘The Bull’ and a Courage Cockerel; and shelving look to be addition from c.1960. Lower shelving lost to fridges. There is good cornice painted dark red."

The listing description is as follows: "1881. Two storeys, four windows on road front. Fairly high pitched, hipped, tiled roof. Wrought iron sunflowers at ends of ridge. Two hipped, gabled dormers. Deep, coved eaves cornice.

Red brick. Moulded string with dentils at first floor level. Brick plinth. Segment-headed first floor windows have guaged brick arches with moulded tops and sunflower on keystones; and raised aprons below cills. On ground floor left a bay window with quadrant angles and coved, bracketed cornice. Plain windows under near-flat arch at right. These also have aprons. Central entrance has patterned brick pilasters, dentil cornice continuous with first floor band; and pediment above. Similar entrance, but with segmental pediment, on canted angle to left return in similar style. Raised brick diaper in pediments above doors. Sunk panel above angle door has cornice and pediment with brick egg and dart moulding and inscription 'Built AD 1749. Rebuilt AD 1881' Panel with sunflower in blank right bay of return."

The WhatPub link is here: WhatPub/Bull

The Pub Heritage Group link is here: PHG/Bull

The Bull featured on the Never Bored of Weatherboards: Daytime Crawl of Bexley, Bexleyheath, Welling and Shooters Hill on 21 February 2015.