The Wheatsheaf, Southwark

The Wheatsheaf is a public house at 6 Stoney Street, Borough, Southwark, London.[1]

The Wheatsheaf pictured in 2009, before the top floor was removed to make way for a railway viaduct

It was rebuilt in 1840. The building was Grade II listed in 1998, it being noted that the interior was well preserved.[1] The pub closed for four years beginning in 2009, during which the top storey was removed to make way for the Thameslink Programme viaduct.[2] A competing Red Car Pubs venue opened nearby,[3] but now uses the name "Sheaf".[4]

The 2017 London Bridge attack also took place in the surrounding area, with people stabbed in the Wheatsheaf and other nearby pubs and restaurants, and with all three attackers, wearing what turned out to be fake explosive vests shot dead outside the Wheatsheaf by police marksmen at 10:16pm on Friday 3 June.[5][6]

References

1. Historic England. "Wheatsheaf public house (1385938)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
2. team, London SE1 website. "Thameslink rail bridge installed above Wheatsheaf at Borough Market".
3. team, London SE1 website. "The Wheatsheaf is back: but which is the true heir to the Stoney Street pub?".
4. Ltd, Bankside Press. "The Sheaf (aka The Wheatsheaf) pub at the Hop Exchange".
5. Cath Levett, Finbarr Sheehy and Feilding Cage (4 June 2017). "A visual guide to the London Bridge attacks | UK news". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
6. Phil Miller (4 June 2017). "London Bridge attacks: After eight minutes of chaos and murder, all three London attackers were shot dead". Heraldscotland.com. Retrieved 5 June 2017.