The Cockpit - St Andrew's Hill/Ireland Yard, London, UK
N 51° 30.762 W 000° 06.082
30U E 701126 N 5710825
This building is a public house located in the narrow streets of the City of London.
Waymark Code: WMBRT5
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 06/18/2011
Views: 5
The "Cockpit" is the faltiron building that it situated at the junction of St Andrew's Hill and Ireland Yard to the south west of St Paul's Cathedral. The toe of the flatiron is the door to the public house . The roads each side slope away, downhill from the door.
The modern buildings around the Cockpit pub conform to its shape and rightly so. This pub was built in the 1840's and its name recalls a time when cockfighting was a popular spectacle. The 'sport' was banned in 1849 so its hard to say if the new building lived up to its dubious name, but it is claimed the last, legal cockfight took place here. It was renamed The Three Castles for a while, no doubt to deny its violent past.
Current use of the building.: Public House
Web Address: Not listed
Date of construction.: Not listed
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