1 Shenley Road is the site of the first public house in Borehamwood.
The Crown, at the corner of Shenley Road and Theobald Street, was originally located a little further down Theobald Street in a timber framed building c1600. It was another premises owned by Thomas Clutterbuck in 1786. In the mid to late Victorian era a new yellow brick building was constructed in front, this is still in use as offices today.
The current building from the 1920s occupies a more prominent site at the junction of Theobald Street and Shenley Road.
By 1910 The New Crown Hotel had been built at the current site and it too was the haunt of film stars. In the 1930s Danish actor Carl Brisson lived at ‘Ten Trees’ Theobald Street and would often entertain fellow imbibers there in after-hours sessions lasting well into the night – one fan was the local policeman!
It has had many changes of name and fortune in recent times but reverted back to being called The Crown in 2000.
Listed as a "community asset", while the building was retained, it is no longer a public house and has become a supermarket in recent years.
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1 Shenley Road is the site of the first public house in Borehamwood.
