CAMDEN

TQ2784NE HAVERSTOCK HILL
798-1/52/785 (East side)
14/05/74 No.94
Load of Hay Tavern

Formerly known as: The Noble Art HAVERSTOCK HILL. Public house. 1863, replacing an earlier public house on the site. Yellow stock brick with stucco dressings and ground floor; vermiculated stucco quoins. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys and cellars. Double fronted with 3 windows and single storey, 3-window C20 extension at north end. Ground floor public house frontage with Corinthian pilasters carrying entablature with modillion cornice and C20 fascia. Recessed main entrance to right with engraved glass to doors and screens; elaborate wrought-iron grille of foliate and scroll design forming arch over main entrance. Segmental-arched openings to ground floor, windows and half glazed double doors with small panes. Enriched architrave sashes to upper floors; 1st floor with console bracketed pediments (centre segmental) and continuous balustraded balcony. 2nd floor with bracketed cornices and enriched sill band. Console bracketed cornice with rosettes in the frieze, surmounted by a parapet pierced with a design of linked circles. Round-arched centre piece inscribed "Load of Hay Tavern rebuilt 1863"; urns on dies flanking centre piece and at angles. Left hand return with panel in balustrade inscribed "The Load of Hay Tavern". INTERIOR not inspected.