Although this pub is not a listed building, it is on CAMRA’s London Inventory of Pub Interiors of Some Regional Importance and the description is as follows: “Three-storey of London stock brick with a ground floor of mainly brown glazed brick with some black narrow banding. On Shakespeare Walk side there is a lobby with mosaic ‘Shakespeare’ floor and large vestibule with etched glass panels, possibly Edwardian ‘Saloon’ and others. Another entrance on Allen Road with a ‘Shakespeare’ mosaic floor and full height vestibule and a ‘Luncheon Bar’ window. Bare boarded pub with island servery. Old bar counter with console brackets having leaf decoration. Island bar back is old but has seen a lot of modern change. Possibly the bar counter moved back? Or a separate (ladies) snug at the front on the Allen Road side? Old dado panelling around interior. At the end of the Shakespeare Walk side is a marble and tiled fireplace which looks old and a corner with three-sided bare wall benches and dado back. Floor markings indicate a partition lost on the Shakespeare Walk side.”

The Shakespeare featured on the Doing the Hokey Kokey in Stokey: Daytime Pub Tour of Stoke Newington in August 2022; and the Daytime Crawl of North London in October 2005.

WhatPub link: WhatPub/Shakespeare

PHG link: PHG/Shakespeare