Jack Straws Castle Public House
JACK STRAWS CASTLE PUBLIC HOUSE, NORTH END WAY
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1113189
- Date first listed:
- 14-May-1974
- List Entry Name:
- Jack Straws Castle Public House
- Statutory Address:
- JACK STRAWS CASTLE PUBLIC HOUSE, NORTH END WAY
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2005-05-22
- Reference:
- IOE01/14442/12
- Rights:
- © Mr Paul Lyons. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1113189
- Date first listed:
- 14-May-1974
- List Entry Name:
- Jack Straws Castle Public House
- Statutory Address 1:
- JACK STRAWS CASTLE PUBLIC HOUSE, NORTH END WAY
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- JACK STRAWS CASTLE PUBLIC HOUSE, NORTH END WAY
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- Camden (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 26244 86447
Details
CAMDEN
TQ2686SW NORTH END WAY
798-1/16/1220 (West side)
14/05/74 Jack Straw's Castle Public House
II
Public house. 1962-64. By Raymond Erith, built by GE Wallis
and Sons; on the site of a previous public house of the same
name. Timber-framed construction on brick plinth, clad with
painted weatherboarding. Tiled double hipped roofs.
STYLE: in the style of an C18 coaching inn.
PLAN: open sided courtyard plan with single storey staff
accommodation block and garages forming south wing.
EXTERIOR: long principal elevation of 3 storeys and cellars.
Upper floors with continuous ranges of 20 sashes each, 2nd
floor having pointed Gothick lights. Ground floor has vehicle
entrance to courtyard to left, sashes and 4 canted bay
windows; left hand pair flanks entrance with overlight and
sash to right, right hand pair flanks entrance with overlight
and sidelights. Single windows to right hand bay indicate
interior stair. Projecting bracketed cornice and wooden
crenellated parapet.
North return with single storey entrance projection and 4
storey tower (contains lift); similar tower at south-west
corner of courtyard containing water tanks. Attached to west
facade of north wing and facing into courtyard, a single
storey projection having an ogee arch with finials to panelled
niche with fitted bench seat. Rear with similar fenestration
to principal elevation on upper floors but ground floor having
pantiled gallery and 2nd floor with continuous cast-iron
balcony with tented hood.
INTERIOR: with exposed Douglas fir stanchions and beams bolted
at angles with iron plates. Ground floor with continuous
tongue and groove pine-panelled bar having fireplaces at
either end and to the side bar, these with Erith's initials in
the grate. Dog-leg stair with panelled dado, square newels,
closed string and fretwork balusters leads to function room,
restaurant, and tower bar, all with panelling, the
second-floor restaurant with high fixed leather-upholstered
benches and tables, the adjoining tower bar with bar counter
and fixed pine seating - all part of Erith's concept.
HISTORICAL NOTE: the present building replaced an early C18
public house (not in the same style) altered in the early C19
and bombed in the Second World War; the name commemorates Jack
Straw, Wat Tyler's second-in-command during the Peasants'
Revolt of 1381, who is said to have had a camp here.
(Archer L: Raymond Erith, Architect: Burford, Oxon: -1985: 88,
167; The Builder: 29 May 1964: London: 1119-23).
Listing NGR: TQ2624486447
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 477614
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Archer, L, Raymond Erith Architect , (1985), 88,167
The Builder in 29th May, (1964), 1119-1123
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 09-Jun-2026 at 20:28:37.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.