Although this pub is not on CAMRA’s Inventory, it is a grade II listed building and the listing description is as follows: “Public house. c1830s, possibly incorporating parts of earlier C17 building of the same name; later C20 alterations. Multi-coloured stock brick with timber ground floor; low pitched slate roof with gully and hip rising to right, behind stucco cornice and blocking course. 2 storeys and attic, 3 bays. Entrance in rounded angle to left return, with further entrance in right bay. Ground floor bays articulated by modified Doric pilasters (paired at ends) supporting fascia and cornice. Gauged brick, segmental arches to 1st-floor sash windows with glazing bars. 1st floor has stucco band and brick pilasters at either end. River front has weatherboarded gallery on wooden posts with balcony below and to left return. INTERIOR: not inspected.”

The pub interior is also recognised by CAMRA as an Outstanding Conversion and Restoration and the description is as follows: “Fabulous views of the river and the city are available from inside and outside this Grade II-listed pub on the south bank of the Thames. The characterful and tastefully restored interior with separate rooms and partitioned areas is in typical Sam Smith's style.”

In Buildings of England Pevsner describes the pub as a “picturesque, partly weatherboarded riverfront” building. It is well worth a visit for its location and a Victorian-style refurbishment by Sam Smiths which reintroduced partitions between the bars, conducted to their usual high standard. There are excellent views of the river and the city.

The WhatPub link is here: WhatPub/Angel

The Angel featured on the Down River: Daytime Crawl of Rotherhithe, Wapping and Limehouse on 15 June 2013, and features on the The South Bank Show: Daytime Pub Tour of Bermondsey and Rotherhithe on 15 June 2024.