Sun and 13 Cantons

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

Sun and 13 Cantons, Soho, London

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. Lane, John (1895). Masonic records, 1717–1894: being lists of all the lodges at home and abroad warranted by the four grand lodges and the "United Grand Lodge" of England, with their dates of constitution, places of meeting, alterations in numbers. London: E. Letchworth. p. 93. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
6. "John Hurt: bugger the world, I'm retreating to Norfolk". The Times (UK). 10 August 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2017.