Morpeth Arms
Morpeth Arms
TypePublic house
Location58 Millbank, Pimlico, London
Coordinates51°29′22″N 0°7′43″W / 51.48944°N 0.12861°W / 51.48944; -0.12861
Built1845
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameMORPETH ARMS PUBLIC HOUSE
Designated01-Dec-1987
Reference no.1222798

The Morpeth Arms is a public house at 58 Millbank, in the Pimlico district of London. It was built in 1845 to refresh prison warders serving at the Millbank Penitentiary.[1]

It now contains a Spying Room which provides a good view of the headquarters of the Secret Intelligence Service MI6 across the river Thames.[2] The building is listed as Grade II and it is now part of the Young's estate.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Frank Hopkinson (2013), The Joy of Pubs, Pavilion Books, p. 141, ISBN 9781909396586
  2. ^ a b Tom Jones (2012), Tired of London, Tired of Life, Random House, p. 152, ISBN 9780753540329
  3. ^ "MORPETH ARMS PUBLIC HOUSE , Non Civil Parish - 1222798 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 30 September 2023.

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