page_title: The Castle, Farringdon
hierarchical_section_title: The Castle, Farringdon
caption_attribution_description: A perfectly good pub just by Farringdon station. (Photo of it prior to repainting.) Address: 34-35 Cowcross Street. Owner: Mitchells and Butlers [Metro Professionals] (website). Links: London Pubology
context_page_description: The Castle is a Grade II listed public house at 34-35 Cowcross Street, Smithfield, London.
  A public house of this name has existed on this site since at least the 18th century.
  Eliza, the wife of Sir John Soane, was born on the same site in 1760.
  It was once frequented by King George IV, who issued the landlord with a pawnbroker's licence and handed over his gold watch to obtain some cash after losing money on a cockfight. There is still a pawnbroker's sign on the outside of the pub.
  Construction of the current building by the architect H. Dawson started in 1865 and it was opened on 21 November 1867.
context_section_description: The Castle is a Grade II listed public house at 34-35 Cowcross Street, Smithfield, London.
  A public house of this name has existed on this site since at least the 18th century.
  Eliza, the wife of Sir John Soane, was born on the same site in 1760.
  It was once frequented by King George IV, who issued the landlord with a pawnbroker's licence and handed over his gold watch to obtain some cash after losing money on a cockfight. There is still a pawnbroker's sign on the outside of the pub.
  Construction of the current building by the architect H. Dawson started in 1865 and it was opened on 21 November 1867.
caption: The Castle, Cowcross Street, Farringdon
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