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Date of photo: 2020	Picture source: Philip Carter
The Mawbey Arms was situated at 7 Mawbey Street.
The listed Mawbey Arms was built around 1860 and is planted in the middle of a housing estate in South Lambeth. The facade changed colours several times, going from fire engine red in the 90s to its final coat of green. It had a darts league, was draped in Chelsea FC memorabilia, hosted an occasional guest lager and finally closed its doors in 2020. There are development plans submitted to convert it into part of a local primary school.
Christian Cargill (June 2023)
A planning application has been made to reopen the pub with a new hotel extension.
Colin Price (September 2025)
Developments also with the Mawbey Arms in South Lambeth (SW8 2TT). The pub, described as a ‘sole 19th century survivor’ located in the middle of a 1970s housing estate, closed some eight years ago. At one point there were plans to convert it into a school but nothing became of that. It has stood empty since. Plans have now been submitted to build a 28-bedroom hotel on the site, retaining the frontage of the existing building. It is intended that the pub will reopen and ‘would remain open to the public and would not be solely for hotel guests’. Conditional approval has been given to the plan but there remains a lot of detail to be sorted out.
London Drinker magazine, October/November 2025
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