The Royal Albert is a Grade II listed pub located at 460 New Cross Road, on the border of the New Cross and Deptford areas of the London Borough of Lewisham in south-east London.
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| General information | |
| Location | 460 New Cross Road Deptford, London, SE14 |
| Designations | |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Designated | 12 Mar 1973 |
| Reference no. | 1079967 |
History
editThe building was designated as Grade II listed in 1973, the entry states it is mid-19th century.[1] It's mentioned in an edition of The Freemasons' Magazine and Masonic Mirror from 1858.[2]
It was called The Paradise Bar for a time in the late 20th and early 21st centuries,[3] by 2005 it was called Six Strings,[4] before eventually returning to its original name.
Whilst named The Paradise Bar it regularly held concerts,[5] as well as funk and soul jam sessions that were often attended by students at nearby Goldsmiths University.[6]
The Damron Women's Traveller '98 lists Sunday nights at the bar as Je Suis Music, a popular club night attended by lesbians and gay men.[7]
During the 2000s it was a key venue for what the press briefly called The New Cross Scene, with bands such as Bloc Party and Art Brut playing there early in their careers.[8][9] These concerts were often at an indie music night called Pop of the Tops run by Caffy St Luce.[10]
It was run by Antic Collective in the late 2000s,[11] but is now run by Portobello Brewing Co.[12] It occasionally hosts jazz concerts, and has seen perfomers such as Nubya Garcia play there.[13][14]
References
edit- ^ Historic England. "The Royal Albert Public House (1079967)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
- ^ The Freemasons' Magazine and Masonic Mirror Vol. IV January to June 1858. Bro. Henry George Warren. 1858. p. 409.
- ^ Hamilton, Fiona (4 May 2009). "Deptford tipped as the capital's next tourism hotspot". The Times. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
- ^ Lewisham Council (27 June 2005). MINUTES of the meeting of the LICENSING SUB COMMITEE (PDF) (Report). p. 2.
- ^ "Nightshift" (PDF). Sounds. 9 February 1991. p. 30.
- ^ "Kocoa". Goldsmiths University.
- ^ O'Connor, Erika; Campbell, Drew K. (1997). The Damron Women's Traveller '98: Lesbian Guide to Usa, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean, Europe. Damron Publishing. ISBN 978-0929435268.
- ^ Maps, Paul (9 November 2022). "Video: Joyzine Editor Paul Maps takes Blang Records on a tour of New Cross music venues past & present". Joyzine. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
- ^ Stevens, Andrew (2004). "So Much For The Underground". 3am Magazine. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
- ^ "Joyzine Is 15: Rocklands Promoter Caffy St Luce on 2003". Joyzine. 10 March 2018. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
- ^ Lanyado, Benjie (19 March 2009). "In London, New Cross and Deptford Attract the Hip". The New York Times.
- ^ Clarke, Amy (30 September 2023). "The eight Lewisham pubs celebrated in CAMRA's Good Beer Guide 2024". News Shopper. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
- ^ Johnston, Kathleen (22 December 2017). "Gilles Peterson picks the 6 best places to hear jazz in London". GQ. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
- ^ Rees, Thomas (13 October 2020). "Nubya Garcia: "We need to keep those stories alive to give us our history, the real history. In my community, the Black community, that's really important"". Jazzwise. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
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