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Enderby Wharf
Greenwich
02088 976755
https://www.enderbyhousepub.co.uk/
https://atlantic-cable.com/Article/EnderbyHouse/index.htm
https://whatpub.com/enderby-house
Above photo 1965, showing the "Enderby House" left. |
Above photo 2004. |
Above photo 2004. |
Above photo 2014. |
Above photo 2020. |
Above photo showing the inside 2021. |
Above photo showing the inside 2021. |
Above photo showing the Rooftop Terrace. |
Above sign 2020. |
Above photo 2022, kindly taken and sent by Oliver Mortimore. |
Above photo 2022, kindly taken and sent by Oliver Mortimore. |
Above photo 2023, kindly sent by Steve Mortimore. |
Believed to have been built about the year 1830, Enderby House, stands on
the bank of the River Thames. Proof that the Enderby family actually dwelt
there is hard to find, but the nearest confirmation of their
occupation of Enderby House so far found is in the Illustrated London News
of Saturday, March 8, 1845 which gives a description of a disastrous
fire which occurred at the Enderby factory on the previous Sunday evening.
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Illustrated London News and Sketch Ltd. Saturday, March 8, 1845.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT EAST GREENWICH.
"About 8 o'clock on Sunday evening, the extensive premises
belonging to Messrs. Charles, Henry and George Enderby, patent rope,
twine and canvas manufacturers, at East Greenwich, were discovered
to be on fire. The flames were first observed from without, in the
rope-walk at the rear of the factory, which was a strong brick
building of about 140 feet long by 40 feet deep. It was not till
daybreak on Monday morning that the firemen could extinguish the
flames, when a scene of the utmost desolation presented itself. Of
the main factory, which faced the Thames, and was the most prominent
object on that bank of the river between Greenwich Hospital and
Woolwich, nothing remained but its lofty. walls, which in the
course of the day were blown down with tremendous force by the wind.
The machinery it contained was most extensive, and its immense value
can be better judged from the fact that its completion has occupied
a space of ten years. The whole of it was destroyed. It is proved
that flames were first seen raging in the store-room in the rope
manufactory, which was detached from the main building, where there
had not been a light for several weeks.
"There was a considerable quantity of manufactured goods deposited
there, which were seen perfectly safe a few hours before the
outbreak. The supposition is, therefore, that the fire either arose
from spontaneous combustion, or was wilfully caused by some
incendiary.
"The factory, or waterside premises, containing joiners' workshops,
spinning, card and loom rooms, is totally destroyed. The hemp and
spinning rooms over the engine and boiler house are burned out, and
the roof has fallen in. The engine room beneath is considerably
damaged. The weaving workshops, fronting the factory, are greatly
damaged; the roof has been partly demolished by the falling of the
opposite walls. They contained twelve weaving looms, worked by
machinery, which are all damaged. The dwelling-house of Mr. Enderby,
on the north side of the factory, is much damaged by fire, and most
of the furniture and its contents destroyed, as also are the stores
at the back, and part of the rope manufactory. The rope gallery,
adjoining the manufactory, is a quarter of a mile in length; about
100 feet is gone, and but for the firemen cutting off the
communication, the whole would have been levelled to the ground.
Unhappily, upwards of 250 workmen are thrown out of employment by
this calamitous event.
"The exertions made by the military, parochial and other
authorities, as well as by the neighbours and work-people, during
the conflagration, were very efficient in saving much valuable
property. The loss to the worthy proprietors, we are happy to add,
is well covered by insurances." |
In 1948 the building was taken over by the "Telegraph Construction &
Maintenance Company Limited."
In 1948 shortage of office accommodation became acute, and as licences
for fresh building work were out of the question it was decided that Enderby
House should be repaired and adapted to the purpose by the Telcon
maintenance staff. Members of the staff remember its rooms as the staff
dining rooms for many years.
When that work was commenced the war damage was found to be much more
extensive than had been thought, but with careful treatment and the use of a
quantity of extra material the building was made habitable for another fifty
years.
During the reconstruction work many hitherto unrealized features of
Enderby House were revealed. There was, for instance, the old original tank
placed in a recess just over the main entrance for collecting rain-water,
for it must be remembered that the house was built before the days of the
Metropolitan Water Board.
The largest room in the house, that on the first floor with the large bay
window looking down river towards Blackwall Reach, was particularly
interesting. This bay window was supported at one time on wooden pillars
somewhat in the style of those to be seen in the structure of some old
houses near the L.C.C. generating station, and the corresponding bay window
on the ground floor is a comparatively modern addition. The room had a
highly ornate fireplace of cast iron weighing approximately half a ton, a
splendid example of the iron-moulder's art. Opinions differed greatly as to
its aesthetic properties as did recent estimates of its value, which varied
from fourpence to one hundred pounds, according to whether the estimator
looked upon it as scrap or as an antique. There being a vague possibility
that it might come in handy again one day, it now rests in the General
Stores.
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From the
https://853.london By Darryl Chamberlain, 23 August, 2018.
Young’s asks for licence to turn Greenwich’s Enderby House into pub.
East Greenwich’s historic Enderby House is set to become a pub after
one of London’s biggest chains applied for a licence to serve
alcohol there. Young’s wants the new pub to be able to serve alcohol from 8am to
midnight Mondays to Saturdays, and 8am to 11.30pm on Sunday. Built in 1846 by the Enderby whaling family, who were immortalised
in the book Moby Dick, the Grade II-listed building had fallen into
disrepair after being taken over by developer Barratt, which is
building housing at Enderby Wharf. Barratt has been renovating the Thames-side property, although there
is currently no public access because of works on the river wall. Campaigners at the Enderby Group want to see the wharf’s pivotal
role in communications history – the first transatlantic cables were
loaded there – commemorated at and around the house. |
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From the
https://www.fromthemurkydepths.co.uk By Murky Depths, January 30, 2021.
Enderby House pub in Greenwich finally set to open.
After years of delay it finally appears that the new Enderby
House pub in Greenwich is almost ready to open.
Fit-out appears almost complete and signage has been installed at
the listed building – which has seen a modern extension constructed
alongside. Young’s will operate the | |