The Flora (public house)

The Flora

The rear of The Flora, seen from the Grand Union Canal.

The Flora, also known as The Flora Hotel, is a public house at 525 Harrow Road, Kensal Green, London W10. It backs onto the Grand Union Canal. It is a Taylor Walker pub.

Design

The Flora was built in the 19th century from polychrome brick, and Pevsner notes its "angular window heads".^[1] The building is also notable for the contrasting brickwork above the windows and the floral motifs incorporated into the design.

History

The pub was known as The Flora Arms in at least 1881 and 1896.^[2] In the nineteenth century, as The Flora Hotel, the building was the location for a number of inquests into deaths in the Queen's Park area. Thomas Robinson Dipple was the publican for many years, from at least 1904 to 1921.^[2] Sometimes described as an "Irish" pub due to the large Irish community in the area, in the twentieth century the pub has been a favourite watering hole for supporters of the local football team Queen's Park Rangers.

References

1. Bridget Cherry; Nikolaus Pevsner (1 January 1991). London 3: North West. Yale University Press. p. 698. ISBN 978-0-300-09652-1. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
2. "Flora Hotel, 525 Harrow Road". Pubshistory. Retrieved 11 July 2015.

External links

Media related to The Flora, Harrow Road at Wikimedia Commons