TheBull's Head is aGrade II listedpublic house at 15Strand-on-the-Green,Chiswick, London, England. The building (Grade II listed in 1970) is 18th century with later additions; the architect is not known. It is a two-storey white-painted brick building, and still has itspantile roof with twodormer windows. The entrance has a moulded doorhood resting on brackets.[1][2] Inside, the pub's bar and drinking area consists of numerous rooms on different levels; the lowest room is the "Duck & Grouse" restaurant.[3]
It is adjoined by nos 10 to 14, Bull Cottages, also 18th century; they suffered flood damage from high tides, and were restored in 1967.[1] The actorDonald Pleasence lived in the house at the end of the Bull's Head buildings, marked by ablue plaque.[4]
An unlikely legend maintains thatOliver Cromwell stayed in the pub, then escaping to the nearbyOliver's Island and hiding there;[3] there is no reliable evidence for either claim.[5]
The interior is a warren of drinking areas on various levels, with the lowest, the "Duck & Grouse" serving as a restaurant. Used by Oliver Cromwell as a secret HQ during the civil war until he was betrayed to royalist forces and had to make his escape via a tunnel to what is now Olivers Eyot, an island in the Thames. His sister, the Countess of Fauconberg, lived nearby.
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