Unlike the Swan Tavern, the New Moon and the Railway Tavern, this pub (which is right next to the former Whitbread Brewery) is a grade II listed building and the listing description is as follows: “Public house. Late C19. Yellow brick set in Flemish bond, dressings of gauged red brick and stucco, roof of slate. Four storeys over basement, curved elevation to corner site with four windows to Chiswell Street, one to corner and two to Whitecross Street. The ground floor has a pilaster to the east end in Chiswell Street supporting a fascia stop and flanking a short stretch of rusticated stucco; the other end in Whitecross Street has the rusticated stucco and fascia stop without the pilaster; fascia and modillion cornice between, with a wooden pub front which appears to be a late C20 reproduction of a late C19 pub front. First- and second-floor windows segmental-arched with moulded stucco architraves, attached cornices and keystones, the keystones to first floor having festoons, the second-floor windows having panelled aprons flanked by consoles. Quoins of gauged red brick to either end of the facade, the corner windows flanked by panels of gauged red brick alternately long and short in imitation of quoins and by sunk panels of one brick's width. Storey band of gauged red brick above second floor, modillion cornice and blocking course; mansard roof with two pedimented dormers to Chiswell Street and one to Whitecross Street, that to the corner segmental-arched with moulded stucco architrave and pediment; fish-scale slates to mansard roof; ridge stack to Whitecross Street. INTERIOR: has late C19 bar front and bar back, possibly not complete or in their original positions.”

The pub is next to the listed former Whitbread Brewery site which has listed structures. One of these is the grade II-listed Entrance Wing and the listing description is as follows: “Brewery buildings on Chiswell Street between the Partners' House and 53, Chiswell Street. The entrance bay probably of 1890-1, the wings to either side probably of c.1867, the attic storey to west and over entrance remodelled c.1955. Yellow brick set in Flemish bond, stone or possibly stucco, roof obscured by parapet. Two and three storeys over basement; eighteen-window range. The Chiswell Street front has two similar wings flanking the slightly recessed entrance arch, five-window range to the west, three to the east, all three storeys over basement; and there is a longer wing to the east, with two storeys over basement and nine windows. Segmental-arched carriage entrance faced with stucco or stone, the bracketed arch with panelled soffit, console, keystone, panelled spandrels and dentil cornice. All windows flat-arched, that over the arch being tripartite with shouldered architrave, panelled mullions carrying consoles, entablature and central pediment; other windows with gauged brick heads; storey band level with cornice to arch bay, dentil cornice to the rest; attic storey with parapet, that part to west and over entrance lacking blocking course and stuccoed parapet. Stacks with oversailing courses to east range. INTERIOR: west of the entrance arch, one room with panelling with much egg-and-dart moulding, partly C18 and partly reproduction, introduced in late C20: panelled dado, fine chimneypiece with mantelshelf on consoles in the Adam style, four doors with moulded architraves, three of them with moulded panels chamfered to an octagon, two with scrolled pediments. East of the entrance arch, the building is probably of c.1867, converted to offices in 1890-1, including a staircase hall with panelling to cornice height, architraves to doors, and staircase with ornate metal balusters.”

Another structure is the grade II-listed Sugar Room and the listing description is as follows: “Former sugar room, now used for conferences and entertainment. Early C19, despite a plaque on the building dated 1784. Yellow brick set in Flemish bond, roof of Welsh slate. Two storeys, four windows to north, two to west. Ground and first floors to north have round-arched windows set back in round-arched panels, both with gauged brick heads, as does first floor to west; stone sill band at first-floor level; glazing renewed; bracketed eaves; hipped roof with two late C20 metal vents. INTERIOR: has original timber queen post roof.”

Another structure is the grade II*-listed Partners’ House and the listing description is as follows: “House, now offices. Early C18. Red brick set in Flemish bond, tiled roof. Four storeys over basement, nine-window range. The original design probably with a centrepiece of five bays, the two outer bays to either side stepped back; but the two easternmost bays now are flush with centrepiece. Flat-arched central entrance with doorcase of panelled pilasters with carved scrolled brackets supporting flat hood with panelled soffit; moulded architrave and panelled door possibly partly of original design. Ground-floor windows flat-arched replacements; moulded wooden cornice across the whole facade. Upper windows flat-arched with gauged brick heads and frames set almost flush with the wall; recessed panels of one brick's width between windows to all floors; the first-floor windows have brick keystones and the first, second and eighth from the east are blank; moulded brick storey band running up into an arch over centre window; on the second floor the first window has a dropped sill breaking through the storey band, and the second, fifth and eighth are blank; moulded brick storey band; on the third floor the fifth, eighth and ninth windows are blank; coved cornice over the first seven bays and also over the first bay of the neighbouring building to the east; plain stucco band and parapet to eighth and ninth bays, and stacks over these bays. Area railings with spearhead finials. INTERIOR: : Entrance hall with dado rail and round arch on consoles. Ground-floor front room at the east end has panelling partly of C18 date and partly late C20 replacement: panelled dado partly altered, chimneypiece with eared architrave and festoons to frieze, four doors with moulded architraves and panels chamfered to an octagon, one in the east wall with scrolled pediment and double doors; deep entablature with modillion cornice to ceiling. Board room to first floor with panelling of a similar character and date: panelled dado, four doors with moulded architraves and panels chamfered to an octagon, chimneypiece with eared architrave, garlands of musical instruments in the frieze and small central scrolled pediment; stepped entablature to ceiling. Next to the board room, a room with early C18 panelling throughout and chimneypiece with eared architrave, pulvinated frieze and cast iron grate of c.1800. Other rooms of similar character on this floor. Staircase of C18 date to second and third floors with panelled dado, newel posts square in plan, barley sugar balusters and closed string.”

Thirteen bollards in the brewery yard are grade II-listed and the listing description is as follows: “Bollards. Presumably of C19 date. Cast iron. Of cannon type, one at the east end of the yard; ten to the north side, west of the entrance, and two on the chamfered corner of the wing east of the entrance.”

The bridge over the yard is also grade II-listed and the listing description is as follows: “Footbridge. 1892. Iron and wood. The bridge has iron trusses of lattice construction, with a wooden and glazed superstructure, the roof now covered with corrugated iron. The whole structure supported on two cast-iron columns to the north side and on a metal beam carried by two widely spaced cast-iron columns on the south side.”

The North Side Yard is also grade II-listed and the listing description is as follows: “Brewery buildings. 1870, altered. Yellow brick set in Flemish bond, stucco, roof of slate where visible. Three and four storeys; entrance to the yard flanked by the Brewers' House to west, with one-window range to Chiswell Street and four-window range to yard, and by a three-storey building to the east, with one-window range to Chiswell Street and answering facade treatment; the rear buildings, to three sides of the yard are of three storeys, ten-window range to west, three to north and thirteen to east. To Chiswell Street the Brewers' House has an elliptical-arched entrance in recessed centre with gauged brick head and fanlight; bold dentil cornice which runs across single-bay screen wall to yard; first-floor window round-arched, second- and third-floor flat-arched, all with gauged brick heads; moulded stucco storey band between first and second floor, moulded stucco cornice above second and third floors; parapet. Return to yard has small segmental-arched windows to ground floor, flat-arched above, all with gauged brick heads. Answering facade has blank ground floor, added single-storey projecting blocks, heavy dentil cornice running out in the same way, round-arched window to first floor and flat-arched to second, answering mouldings and parapet. Yard buildings have flat-arched warehouse openings under metal beams, with late C20 glazing inserted, to the ground floor on three sides, apart from seven segmental arches to the south end of the east side, and to the first floor on the west and north sides. Pedimented stone sundial of 1774 from former buildings on the site inserted at first-floor level on north side. Third-floor windows segmental-arched on all three sides; parapet to east and west sides; north side has a gable to the western bay and parapet to the rest with mansard behind,and gabled four-storey cross-wing at the north-east corner.”

Finally, the former Porter Tun Room is grade II-listed and the listing description is as follows: “Porter Tun Room, that is, a storehouse, now adapted for conferences and entertainment. 1776-1784. The lower part now lying behind additions of c.1979 by Roderick Gradidge and Wolff Olins. Brown brick set in Flemish bond, roof of slate. Now of two storeys; five-window range to yard. Flat-arched windows with frames set almost flush with the wall; multi-paned windows; bracketed gutters to eaves; two metal air vents to west end. King-post roof of thirteeen bays, the two westernmost now partly obscured; the roof has the widest timber span in London after Westminster Hall.”

The WhatPub link is here: WhatPub/Jugged Hare

The Jugged Hare featured on Evening Crawl of EC1 and EC2 on 5 December 2001, and 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.