Half Moon Public House

The Half Moon Public House, dated 1896, stands in Southwark. It is constructed of red brick in a Flemish bond pattern, with accents of rubbed brick, artificial stone, and terracotta dressings. The ground floor features polished granite columns. The roofs are mansard style, with distinctive turned details.

The building is designed in a Jacobean Revival style. Its plan is rectangular, with a chamfered corner. The three-storey structure steps down to two storeys to the left and rear, featuring a seven-window front, a one-window corner, and a five-window return. There are five flat-arched entrances, with the corner entrance designed as the primary one. Most windows are flat-arched.

The ground floor presents a pilastrade of Composite order, supporting an entablature topped by a pediment over each entrance. A bulbous column supports a first-floor balcony, set under a canted, open porch that is crowned by a truncated gable and a second-floor balcony with a pierced strapwork parapet. This is set within a full-height, round-arched recess pierced by a Serlian window and panelled spandrel. The fourth through sixth windows are grouped as a Dutch-gabled bay with scrolled parapets and finials. A corner porch has Elizabethan-style columns and a round arched window, with a window above set in an aedicule of a pedimented hood. The roof is a high hipped roof that projects slightly to form a bay. Stacks are prominent on the central and end walls, some with floral decoration. A single square stack is located on the rear return wall.

Inside, the original public bar remains intact, with original panelling and coloured glass, as well as etched mirrors. Decorative mirrors feature paintings of birds and flowers. The extensive ornamentation contributes to a unified feel, characteristic of large public houses built around 1895.