Earl Of Essex Public House

The Earl of Essex Public House is a public house built in 1902, located on the corner of High Street North and Romford Road in Manor Park, E12. Designed in a Free Classical style by architects Henry Poston and W E Trent, the building features red brick and painted stone stucco, with red and grey polished granite on the pilastered ground storey. It has a slated mansard roof and stands two and a half storeys tall. The central entrance on High Street North is bowed and topped with a scrolled broken pediment, which includes cherubs. An octagonal corner tower with a dome and spire adds to its distinctive appearance. The building also has paired attic windows with central chimney stacks and an oriel window to the right on Romford Road, which is adorned with an octagonal turret and a tented spire. The interior has not been seen.