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Picture source: T C

The Acorn was situated at 149 Queensbridge Road. This pub closed in 2016. An application to demolish and develop the site has been submitted.

Now listed, so no demolition will happen. Also featured in the film A Place to go with Rita Tushingham and Mike Sarne 1963  Interior shots  here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc0LeNoKcbA

David Eason (June 2018)

Ehough the initial demolition was blocked, it was appealed and demolition started on March 4th 2019.

Henry Miller (April 2019)

This building has now been demolished.

T C (April 2021)

Alas, another ‘Trojan horse’ case to report. The Acorn in Haggerston, a beautiful Victorian pub, was demolished in 2020 but the development included a ground floor unit intended to be a replacement pub. As is the way of these things, this did not happen and, in August, Tower Hamlets Council approved a change of use from sui generis drinking establishment to retail shop (Use Class E(a))

London Drinker magazine, October/November 2022

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