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The building is listed Grade I on the National Heritage List for England, and is listed in the Campaign for Real Ale's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors. Immediately to the south was The Tabard (which was described in Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales) it too was demolished in the nineteenth century. The White Hart was immediately to the north but was demolished in the nineteenth century. It is the only surviving galleried coaching inn in London. London, Greater London SE1 1NH, England - 020 - 74072056 Something incorrect in this review Suggest an Edit. The bedrooms, now a restaurant, were upstairs in the galleried part of the building. The Middle Bar was the Coffee Room, which was frequented by Charles Dickens. The Parliament Bar used to be a waiting room for passengers on coaches.

The ground floor is divided into a number of connected bars. Ĭharles Dickens visited The George, and referred to it in both Little Dorrit and Our Mutual Friend. Later, the Great Northern Railway used the George as a depot and pulled down two of its fronts to build warehousing. The medieval pub was situated next door to an inn where Chaucer set The Canterbury Tales. But in 1677, it was rebuilt after a serious fire destroyed most of Southwark. Ī pub has existed on the site since medieval times.

It is possible that it was used for Elizabethan theatrical productions ( Inn-yard theatre), as other galleried inns were. It is located about 250 metres (820 ft) from the south side of the River Thames near London Bridge and is the only surviving galleried London coaching inn. One of numerous inns with courtyards once lined Long Southwark, now Borough High Street, leading to London Bridge.

The pub was formerly known as the George and Dragon, named after the legend of Saint George and the Dragon. It is located about 250 metres (820 ft) from the south side of the River Thames near London Bridge and is the only surviving galleried London coaching inn. The George Inn, or The George, is a public house established in the medieval period on Borough High Street in Southwark, London, owned and leased by the National Trust.