Although this pub is not a listed building it is by a known architect, Sidney C Clarke who designed pubs for Charrington & Co. and Hoare & Co. In Basil Oliver’s The Renaissance of the English Public House (Faber & Faber 1947) we are told “It is so accomplished throughout, in plan, style and details, that Mr Clark evidently enjoyed doing it, as a change from the make-believe ‘Olde Englishe’ which his clients (or can it be their customers?) seem so frequently to demand. The three-quarter columns are of green glazed Doulton ware.” The columns referred to are those on the exterior and they give the building a wonderful Moorish appearance. The book contains three black and white photographs of the pub plus the plans. Inside is a magnificent mock-Tudor inglenook fireplace complete with twisted brick columns and original surround. Elsewhere you find adzed mock-Tudor wooden beams, dimpled glazing and, at the locked side entrance, a bottle glass window with heavy iron bolts. Another remnant is the large glazed leaded-light bar-back. However, the fixed seating is recent and the bar counter and gantry both appear to be fairly modern. The only remaining feature of interest in the smaller room is the external window.

The Plough featured on the Super Suburbia, a Wealth of Styles and Periods: Daytime Crawl of Cheam, Sutton, Carshalton and Wallington in October 2011.