2 bed flat for sale Catesby Street, SE17

The building stops you before you've found the front door. A white-stuccoed corner pub, ornate and four storeys tall, rising above the junction of Catesby Street and Barlow Street with the confidence of something that has stood here for nearly 175 years.

The Victory was built in 1852 and named after HMS Victory, Nelson's flagship at Trafalgar. It served as a Courage Best pub for over 150 years before it closed. In 1979, Courage filmed their most famous television advertisement here: Chas & Dave, a pub piano, The Victory's signage visible in the opening frames. The building features in Walworth Reflections by Darren Lock and Mark Baxter, with photographs from the 1930s.