| The Black Friar | |
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The Black Friar, 2019 | |
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| General information | |
| Architectural style | Arts and Crafts |
| Location | 174Queen Victoria Street,London,EC4, United Kingdom |
| Completed | 1905 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Herbert Fuller-Clark |
| Other designers | Henry Poole (sculptor) |
| Designations | Grade II* listed[1] |
| Website | |
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The Black Friar is aGrade II* listed[1]public house onQueen Victoria Street inBlackfriars, London.[2]
It was built in about 1875 on the site of a former medieval Dominicanfriary,[3] and then remodelled in about 1905 by the architectHerbert Fuller-Clark. Much of the internal decoration was done by the sculptorsFrederick T. Callcott &Henry Poole.[2]
The building was nearly demolished during a phase of redevelopment in the 1960s, until it was saved by a campaign spearheaded by poetSir John Betjeman.[4] It is on theCampaign for Real Ale'sNational Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors.[5]
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