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Sun and 13 Cantons

Sun and 13 Cantons

Pub in Soho, London


The Sun and 13 Cantons is a Grade II listed public house at 20 Great Pulteney Street, Soho, London W1.[1]

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The pub, which takes its name from Swiss woollen merchants who used to be based nearby,[2][3] has operated on this site since at least 1756.[4] During that year it appears in Freemasonry records as a Masonic Lodge meeting place.[5]

The present building dates to 1882, and the architect was Henry Cotton.[1]

The actor John Hurt lived above the pub at one period.[6]


References

  1. Historic England, "Sun and 13 Cantons (1213696)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 4 September 2014
  2. David Tucker (5 February 2009). London Walks: London Stories. Ebury Publishing. p. 109. ISBN 978-0-7535-2009-3.
  3. Nick Rennison (31 August 2010). Book of Lists London. Canongate Books. p. 11. ISBN 978-1-84767-666-5.
  4. Sheppard, F. H. W. (1963). "Brewer Street and Great Pulteney Street Area". Survey of London: volumes 31 and 32: St James Westminster, Part 2. British History Online. pp. 116–137.
  5. "John Hurt: bugger the world, I'm retreating to Norfolk". The Times (UK). 10 August 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2017.

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