The Albion Pub 36 Lauriston Rd

Early Victorian public house. Low pitched roof concealed behind rendered parapet. Yellow stock brick first floor above rendered fascia and ground floor. The facade is symetrically composed with five windows above three doors and two intermediate windows. First floor windows have rendered surrounds and projecting mouldings on console brackets. Heads of ground floor doors and windows are half-round with keystone in centre of arch moulding on rusticated pilasters. The building is in a poor state of decorative repair. The parapet has rebuilt and roughly rendered without cornice. First floor windows have been replaced with mis-matched PVC windows with top-hung casements and fixed lights. Ground floor doors have been replaced with flush doors with applied mouldings and ventilation equipment mounted in each fanlight. Located in the heart of East London this former pub is arranged over the basement, ground and first floors with some interesting original features. The former pub benefits from its proximity to London Fields and Victoria Park. Lauriston Road is a predominately residential road but has a number of commercial, leisure and community facilities nearby. The surrounding area is characterized by two to three storey terraced housing, however, opposite the site lies the St John of Jerusalem Church and next door is the Hampden Chapel. The site is well connected, with London Fields Overground Station approximately 0.6 miles to the West and Homerton 0.5 miles to the North. The 277/N277 bus route stops on Lauriston Road, providing services towards Crossharbour and Dalston Junction.