Like the Newton Arms, this pub is not a listed building but it is on the London Regional Inventory where the description is as follows: “A good example of an inter-war suburban pub, rebuilt in 1937 for an area of dense housing. The site is interestingly shaped where the crank in the road means the pub tapers inwards as it stretches back, making for some unusual spaces. The exterior is a symmetrical composition and has those features so popular with inter-war pub builders – buff tile facing below and half-timbering above. Another favourite – rippled glass in the windows – survives in considerable measure. There has been some opening up so you can now circumnavigate the central serving area. But, nonetheless, there is still a very good impression to be gained of how the pub was laid out originally. On the left there is the lounge and on the right the public bar, although we were told that originally the functions were reversed. Between the two, at the front, was an off-sales compartment, now merged into the public bar. One of its screens still survives and this has a low access door for staff.

In terms of furnishings, the dominant theme is wooden wall panelling to create the olde worlde feel of ‘brewers’ Tudor’. The counter and back fittings are largely original but, sadly, rather ungainly superstructures sit on the counter top and mar the appearance of the pub. Access doors in the counter fronts and original tiling in both toilets on the right-hand side. Another very complete inter-war pub nearby is the Newton Arms.”

Unfortunately this pub closed in 2012 and was subsequently converted into residential accommodation.

The Victoria Cross featured on the Daytime Crawl of Thornton Heath and Croydon in October 2008.