The George Inn
Interactive map of The George Inn
Former names	Gorge George and Dragon
Alternative names	The George
General information
Type	Public house
Location	Borough High Street London,SE1 United Kingdom
Coordinates	51°30′15″N0°05′24″W / 51.504182°N 0.090021°W /51.504182; -0.090021
Current tenants	Tenanted by brewery
Owner	National Trust
Technical details
Structural system	partlytimber framed
Website
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/george-inn

The George Inn, orThe George, is apublic house established in themedieval period onBorough High Street inSouthwark,London, owned and leased by theNational Trust. It is located about 250 metres (820 ft) from the south side of theRiver Thames nearLondon Bridge and is the only surviving galleried Londoncoaching inn.^[1]

The pub was formerly known as theGeorge and Dragon, named after the legend ofSaint George and the Dragon. It is possible that it was used forElizabethan theatrical productions (Inn-yard theatre), as other galleried inns were.^{[citation needed]}

A pub has existed on the site since medieval times. In 1677, it was rebuilt after a serious fire destroyed most of Southwark. The medieval pub was situated next door toThe Tabard Inn whereChaucer set the beginning ofThe Canterbury Tales.^[2]

Later, theGreat Northern Railway used the George as a depot and pulled down two of its fronts to build warehousing. Now just the south face remains.^{[citation needed]}

Charles Dickens visited The George, and referred to it in bothLittle Dorrit andOur Mutual Friend.^{[citation needed]}

The building is partly timber framed.^[3]The ground floor is divided into a number of connected bars. The Parliament Bar used to be a waiting room for passengers on coaches. The Middle Bar was the Coffee Room, which was frequented by Charles Dickens. The bedrooms, now a restaurant, were upstairs in the galleried part of the building.^{[citation needed]}

It is the only surviving galleried coaching inn in London. TheWhite Hart was immediately to the north but was demolished in the nineteenth century. Immediately to the south wasThe Tabard (which was described inChaucer'sThe Canterbury Tales); it too was demolished in the nineteenth century.

The building islisted Grade I on theNational Heritage List for England, and is listed in theCampaign for Real Ale'sNational Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors.^[4]

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  The sign depictsSaint Georgeslaying a dragon.
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  Secondary sign, with another depiction of Saint George slaying the dragon.
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  Inn, 1858
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  Inn, 1889
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  rear of Inn and coach yard, 1889
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  tap room
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  coffee-room
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  first floor gallery
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  bar parlour
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  dining room

• The George Inn, Norton St Philip, another coaching inn with a galleried courtyard

• Matz, Bertram Waldrom (1918).The George Inn, Southwark . London: Chapman and Hall.
• Brown, Pete (2012).Shakespeare's Local. London: Pan Books.

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• Saint George and the Dragon

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