The Plough

In 1899 the Plough was rebuilt, according to a design by architect J. T. Barker, for £5,516. However, the former coach house still exists in the stable yard. It has a blocked-up window in the northeast end through which hay would have been hauled from carts in the yard below. Unusually, the pub has large balconies (including one on the second floor), but today these can hardly be considered a useful feature: who would want to sit and view the scene along the Croydon Road for long.  The yard was described as having double entrance gates and coach house, stabling for nine horses, three loose boxes and saddle room, all brick-built and tiled, plus a granary and skittle alley. The pub's landlords are known to have leased the land directly to the west where there were some caves and two entrances in the bank of sand directly opposite. This is where the landlords are said to have stored casks of liquor, and where smugglers were reputed to have gathered.

  The Plough is a Youngs Pub and would therefore received it's beer from the "Ram" brewery said to be the longest running brewery in Briton at the other end of the River Wandle.