This pub 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.” 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 fairly recent 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 from the upstairs room.

The Angel Featured on the Down River: Daytime Crawl of Rotherhithe, Wapping and Limehouse in June 2013.