The Ship and Shovell | |
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Type | Public house |
Location | 2 AND 3, Craven Passage, Charing Cross, London WC2 |
Coordinates | 51°30′27.72″N 0°7′29.28″W / 51.5077000°N 0.1248000°W |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
Official name | SHIP AND SHOVEL PUBLIC HOUSE |
Designated | 09-Jan-1970 |
Reference no. | 1220801 |
The Ship and Shovell is a Victorian pub in Craven Passage, Charing Cross, London. It may be unique for consisting of two separate buildings on either side of a street, connected underground by a shared cellar.[1][2][3]
Its name has its origins in either the coal labourers who visited the nearby Coal Hole or Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell.[4][5][6]
The two former terrace houses were built in 1731–33, but later refaced. It has been Grade II listed since 1970.[7]
Until 1998 it was two separate pubs (The Shovell and The Ship) when the cellars were joined by a new tunnel under Craven Passage containing the kitchen.[8][9]
It is run by the Dorset family brewers Hall and Woodhouse.[10]