The Selhurst Arms, Selhurst, SE25

I came past two days ago, and regrettably this pub has closed. The lovely old building is boarded up.

From the outside this looks like a nice cosy traditional pub and stepping inside, the initial impression is much the same, with dark wood panelling and frosted glass partitions. But once you're past the first bar, the pub opens out into a huge, empty area - not a table or chair in sight, just a juke box and fruit machine plus a few bar stools. The right hand side of the pub presumably used to be a separate room and was sign-posted as the 'private bar'. There was minimal seating this side, plus a pool table. No ale was apparent when I entered, just some standard lagers, Boddingtons and Strongbow, but having orded my pint and walked round to the other side of the bar, I spotted a pump with a Bombadier clip, which may or may not have been in use. Clearly stripped of all furniture to deal with large football crowds, there was nothing to keep me here on a normal weekday other than the terrible weather outside. Unimpressed.