The Dog & Bull is a public house in Croydon, England. It is a Grade II listed, 18th-century building with a 19th-century frontage in Surrey Street, on the site of a previous 12th- or 13th-century inn called The Bell.
- Venue
- Dog & Bull
- Address
- 24 Surrey Street, Croydon, CR0 1RG
- Town
- London, GB
The Dog & Bull is a public house in Croydon, England. It is a Grade II listed, 18th-century building with a 19th-century frontage in Surrey Street, on the site of a previous 12th- or 13th-century inn called The Bell. The Dog & Bull was number 24 with an associated yard which was once used as an animal pound when the street was known as Butcher's Row. In the 1990s, the adjacent grocery at number 25 was merged into the pub and the yard was converted into a beer garden. The pub was part of the Young's brewery chain from the 1830s until 2025. The pub is now a "Laine" pub owned by Punch Pubs and rebranded as The Dog. The pub has hosted a variety of events including a formal inquest in the 19th century, regular live jazz music by Don Weller in the 20th century and a religious blessing of its beer in the 21st century. The pub's name refers to the blood sport of bull-baiting, and the Dog & Bull is "understood to be the oldest pub in Croydon". The current Dog & Bull was built in the 18th century and is Grade II listed. There was previously a pub called The Bell on the site which was established in the 12th or 13th century when Surrey Street was built up and its street market established. Near the Dog & Bull, archaeologists have found a "medieval stone-vaulted undercroft", although it is not known whether this was the cellar of the Bell inn. The Dog & Bull is constructed of red brick with wooden eaves and sash windows. The inn frontage dates from the 19th century. The business now occupies two street numbers - 24 and 25 - as the adjacent grocery of A. E. Pearce, which specialised in bacon and cheese, was merged into the premises in the early 1990s. This public house had an associated yard - the "Dog & Bull Yard". It had a well and watering troughs and was used as a pound for stray animals and cattle when Surrey Street was known as "Butcher's Row". The area is now used as a beer garden following renovations in the early 1990s. The pub also features a real fireplace, along with