The Horse And Groom Public House

The Horse and Groom is a public house dating from 1898 to 1900, designed by Keith D Young. It is constructed of red brick with Portland stone bands and has a tiled, gabled roof with chimney stacks, built in the Arts and Crafts style.

The building is four storeys high, with an attic and cellars. The public house frontage features a central, segmental-arched window with engraved glass in the top and bottom panes, flanked by segmental-arched entrances with large, enriched keystones. A first-floor cornice is supported by two large brackets beneath the window. V-profile piers extend from the ground floor to the full height of the building, articulating the outer bays. Upper-floor sash windows have glazing bars to the tops of the sashes. The first and second floors have slightly canted bays of three windows, flanked by single windows, with an entablature to each floor. The third floor has four single sash windows and an entablature, above which is a two-light attic window within the large gable, topped with a ball finial.

The interior follows a long, narrow plan with front and back bars, connected by an archway. A long corridor leads from the back bar to a first-floor lounge (uninspected), featuring lincrusta decoration and a flat, baluster staircase. The front bar on the ground floor has a counter, likely from the early 20th century, and square panelling beneath a moulded lincrusta frieze with lyre decoration and a moulded cornice. The bar back is typical of designs by Messrs Youngs from around 1930. The rear bar is simpler, retaining a fireplace and mirror from around 1900, along with a dado.

Keith Young, a member of a brewing family based in Wandsworth, is also known for his work as a hospital architect; he was simultaneously working on New End Hospital during the construction of the public house.