This pub was first licensed in 1823 as the Bricklayers Arms. At 14 Elizabeth Street South in 1851. After World War I it was renamed the Imperial
Hotel, and in the 1970s it was again renamed the Travellers Tavern. After a short recent spell as the Rat & Parrot, the name has reverted to Travellers Tavern. **
It was a Greene King public house in 2017, and still in March 2026. Greene King has announced plans to sell off, or convert 150 pubs into tenanted or franchised locations, as the UK hospitality sector struggles with rising costs.
Bricklayers Arms, 4 Elizabeth Street, SW1 - in November 2007
Kindly provided by Stephen Harris
A listing of historical London public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in St George Hanover Square - London; and includes such areas of London as Knightsbridge, Mayfair and Pimlico.
London Metropolitan Archives *
1833-34/Benj Downs/../../../Pigots Directory
1841/E Smith/../../../Kellys Directory
1843/Edw Smith/../../../Kellys Directory
1848/Edw Smith/../../../Kellys Directory
February 1849/Mrs Mary Robertson Smith/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
February 1849/Mr Thomas Robertson/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
1851/Thomas Robertson/../../../Kellys Directory
May 1851/Thomas Robertson/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
Forester Walker is baptised in 1837 as Cecil Forester Walker, along with two
sisters to parents John and Ann Walker. He was listed as born in 1829; at an
abode of Tottenham place. His first marriage in July 1854 is to an Esther
Little; when he is listed as a carter. There is a death registered for
Cecil Forester Walker in 1866. In 1874, a marriage exists between Elizabeth
Beckett and Forester Walker at St George Hanover square.
