Hoop And Grapes Public House

The Hoop and Grapes Public House is a terraced house built around 1720 for a vintner. It was converted into a public house around 1832 and remained in use as such until 1991. The building was re-faced after suffering war damage, featuring multi-coloured stock brick with red brick dressings. It has a double-pitched roof with a penthouse on the south party wall, covered with 20th-century tiles, although the original pegged and numbered timbers remain. The structure has four storeys and cellars, with three windows on the front. The ground floor public house front is likely from the 20th century, while the upper floors retain early 19th-century sash windows with margin glazing, gauged red brick flat arches, and a red brick pilaster strip at the left-hand angle. A parapet crowns the building.

Inside, the ground floor has been altered in the 20th century but still features an 1830 staircase leading to the first floor. There is a notable dog-leg stair from the first floor dating back to around 1720, complete with column newels, base balusters, and pendants, along with a plain panelled dado. The upper floors maintain their original plan form, though some later partitioning has been added. Some original doorframes and a plain panelled door are still present. The first floor contains a wide room across the front of the house, featuring a cornice and skirting from around 1830. The second and third floors have half-height square panelling and original beams. The basement includes brick vaults believed to be part of 17th-century warehousing vaults associated with the formation of the Fleet Canal. The building is situated on part of the site of St. Bride's Burial Ground.