A bit more about About The White Cross Pub, Richmond upon Thames
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During the summer, I was commissioned to paint the White Cross riverside pub in Richmond upon Thames.
It is a stout and impressive London brick building, constructed in the early 19th century as a watering hole for locals, and those taking the pleasure steamers up and down the river between London and Hampton Court.
There is still a jetty out front, so I assume it serves much the same purpose today as it did all those year ago.
The name derives from the old Franciscan Friary which used to be situated on the same site. The Friary is long gone now as it was dissolved by Henry VIII in 1534
