The Dysart Arms is a former public house in

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. It is now a restaurant, The Dysart.

Current building

The current building is in the

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style, and dates from 1904. The oak bar is not original to the pub, but had been bought in the 1850s from a decommissioned Napoleonic era warship.

Etymology

The name refers to the

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of the

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, who held

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and the surrounding

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s of

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and Petersham for over three centuries, from their acquisition through close association with

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in the mid seventeenth-century until the estate, including the ''Dysart Arms'', was disposed of after

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History

The original building on the site was formerly a farmhouse dating from the second half of the 17th century. Previously known as the ''Plough and Harrow'', unsubstantiated claims say that the name change was paid for by the

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in the 1830s. The building was demolished in 1902. In 1836,

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, a regular visitor to Petersham along with his friend John Forster, stayed there, probably at the Dysart Arms. It is mentioned in the 1894 edition of

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's ''London and Its Environs: Handbook for Travellers''.

References

External links

* Photograph of former building. {{DEFAULTSORT:Dysart Arms Pubs in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Petersham, London Commercial buildings completed in 1904 Former pubs in London