Bull and Mouth Inn

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

On the south side of Bull and Mouth Street, in Aldersgate Ward (O. and M. 1677-Elmes, 1831).


Burnt in the Fire and rebuilt.

Rebuilt about 1830-1 as the Queen's Hotel. Archt., Savage : demolished 1887.

The inn is said to have derived its name from the sign of the Boulogne mouth or harbour, of which the present form is a corruption.

The site is now occupied by some of the new General Post Office Buildings, erected 1890-5.

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