Like the Swan Tavern, this pub is not a listed building but it is sited at the entrance to the Grade II*-listed Leadenhall Market whose listing description is as follows: “Including Nos 89 and 90 Gracechurch Street. 1881, by Sir Horace Jones. Complex of roofed footways with 3 detached portions to south, lined with open fronted shops. External architecture of red brick and Portland stone in thin, classical style. Interior more robust with order of giant Corinthian columns etc apparently all in cast iron with elaboration to octagonal crossing. Simple, arched roof of timber and glass. Main elevation to Gracechurch Street with pair of ornamented 4 storeyed pavilions topped by shaped gables and turrets. Wide entrance with windows over and wide, shaped gable. Other entrances with City arms carved in Portland stone pediment supported on cast iron structure. Modern canopy of glass and iron to shops standing in open.”

The two notable features of the interior of this pub are the ornate plaster ceiling (underneath the gilt) and the carved wooden bar-back. There is a cellar bar downstairs.

The WhatPub link is here: WhatPub/New Moon

The New Moon featured on the This Old Lady of Chiswell Street: Evening Pub Tour of Former Whitbread Brewery Pubs in the City of London and Finsbury on 5 April 2023.