Carlton Tavern, Kilburn
The Carlton Tavern is a former pub in Kilburn, London, that was demolished under controversial circumstances, and which the developer has since been ordered to rebuild. The pub was the only building in the street to survive the Blitz during World War II.
The Carlton Tavern stood just to the south of St. Augustine's church on Carlton Vale. It was built in 1920–21 for Charrington Brewery to a design by the architect Frank J. Potter. It replaced an earlier pub on the same site that was destroyed by a German bomb from the major Gotha Raids air raid of 19/20 May 1918. The building was noted for its unaltered 1920s interiors and faience tiled exterior. It was the only building in the street to survive the Blitz during World War II. It was owned by Punch Taverns until at least June 2008, when they were unsuccessful in their application to have opening hours extended "until the early hours of the morning".
A spokesman for Historic England said "The site was remarkably well-preserved externally and internally. It displayed the hierarchy of rooms in their fixtures, fittings and decorative treatment and retained all its external signage. Few pubs were built at this date and fewer survive unaltered".
The building was being considered by Historic England for Grade II listing when it was unexpectedly demolished on 8 April 2015 by the owner, Tel Aviv-based Israeli property developer CLTX Limited, to make way for a block of flats above a new pub. The landlady was told by the owners on Easter Monday to close the pub for an "inventory", but when she returned two days later, found the building had been demolished. According to Haaretz, CLTX is "a relatively unknown company with only one listed director – Tel Aviv lawyer Ori Calif". The Tel Aviv law firm Ori Calif & Co. have a "special focus on international taxation".
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