The Temperance Billiard Hall, now a pub called The Temperance, is a
Grade II listed building at 90
Fulham High Street
Fulham High Street is a street in Fulham, London.
It runs north–south, from the junction with the western end of Fulham Road in the north, where it continues to Hammersmith as Fulham Palace Road, past the junction with the western end of ...
,
Fulham, London.
It was built in 1910, and the architect was
Norman Evans
Norman Evans (11 June 1901 – 25 November 1962) was an English stage and radio comedian, best remembered for his sketches and programmes entitled "Over the Garden Wall".
Biography
He was born in Rochdale, Lancashire, and started his working li ...
.
It was built for a company called
Temperance Billiard Halls Ltd, who built a number of such halls in London and the north of England. The
temperance movement
The temperance movement is a social movement promoting temperance or complete abstinence from consumption of alcoholic beverages. Participants in the movement typically criticize alcohol intoxication or promote teetotalism, and its leaders emph ...
urged the reduced or prohibited use of alcoholic beverages.
It was previously part of the chain ''O'Neill's'', and before that was part of the
Firkin Brewery chain and known as the ''Pharaoh and Firkin''.
References
Grade II listed buildings in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
Grade II listed commercial buildings
Commercial buildings completed in 1910
Pubs in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
Fulham
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