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The Black Friar

Name: The Black Friar
Address: 174 Queen Victoria Street, London, EC4V 4EG, United Kingdom

The Black Friar is a public house at Blackfriars in the City of London, Grade II* listed, remodelled from 1905 with an Arts and Crafts interior of marble, mosaic and bronze reliefs of friars.

Why it matters

Included because it survived only through a campaign led by John Betjeman in the 1960s; the wedge-shaped site was scheduled for demolition.

Editorial context written by Global City Intelligence, not a statement from the venue.

Good for

Architecture & design — A complete Arts and Crafts commercial interior, and the only one of its kind in the City.

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Sources & verification

coordinates.latitude: National Heritage List for England, entry 1285723: THE BLACK FRIAR PUBLIC HOUSE (Primary) — checked 2026-09-07; Read from an authoritative geospatial publisher; see the coordinate's own status and role.
coordinates.longitude: National Heritage List for England, entry 1285723: THE BLACK FRIAR PUBLIC HOUSE (Primary) — checked 2026-09-07
officialWebsite: The Black Friar (Primary) — checked 2026-09-07; The operator's page was rendered and carries this place's name; it does not publish an address that could be matched against the one held here.
address.formatted: National Heritage List for England, entry 1285723: THE BLACK FRIAR PUBLIC HOUSE (Primary) — checked 2026-09-07; Address as recorded by the authoritative gazetteer that supplied the coordinate.
operational.hoursText: The Black Friar - published opening information (Primary) — checked 2026-09-07; Quoted from the operator's published opening information on the date read.

Operational details last checked 2026-09-07. Facts of this kind are treated as current for 120 days.

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