Brixton: lost pubs: KING OF SARDINIA
21 Somers Road, Streatham Hill, Brixton, London SW2

Known locally as the 'King of Sardines', there's been a pub on this site since Victorian times, with the pub being listed in the 1881 census.

By 2003 the attractive pub was boarded up and waiting conversion into flats.


King of Sardinia [pic: IanW]


King of Sardinia [pic: IanW]


King of Sardinia [pic: IanW]


King of Sardinia [pic: IanW]


King of Sardinia [pic: IanW]


King of Sardinia [April 2005]

The plight of the pub was discussed on the urban75 bulletin boards in May 2004.

Brixton Hatter: As for the King of Sardinia, yes there's a current application pending consideration to:

Change of use from public house (Class A3) to five self-contained flats (Class C3) with first floor rear/side extension and second floor rear side extension and roof extension with dormer window and associated alterations.


Google Street View as seen in May 2013.

ianw: The first time I went in there was some kind of Brazilian jazz band playing. Not many people in but it had a good vibe. Reminded me of the Landor in the early nineties - when you were likely to walk in to find a DJ in an orange dress spinning Puff The Magic Dragon. Second time it was a bit dead so we sat outside. Then it closed. That was roughly this time last year.

Minnie the Minx: Didn't get on with it at all. Not sure why, but there was a bargirl there years ago who just didn't seem to like other women going in. I almost felt resented. She'd stand there eating her sausage roll rather than serve me. It was a real lads pub then and hardly any women went in except at weekends when they were let out by their husbands - that's the impression I got



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