I bring you the oldest

.... pub in London
 
The George, or George Inn, is a public house established in the medieval period on Borough High Street in Southwark, London. Currently owned and leased by the National Trust, it is located about 250 m from the south side of the River Thames near London Bridge. It is the only surviving galleried London coaching inn. The first map of Southwark (Duchy of Lancaster ca1543) clearly shows it marked as 'Gorge'. It was formerly known as the George and Dragon, named after the legend of Saint George and the Dragon.
 
The George was one of the many famous coaching inns in the days of Charles Dickens.. Dickens in fact visited the George and referred to it in Little Dorrit. It is thought that the Galleried Iinns were the inspiration of the original theatres, that the Players were on a dais in the Courtyard with the standing audience next to them and that those paying a premium would be in the Galleries with a better view..
 
And it was quite a long walk to get there BUT I met Phoebe, a 6 year old Welsh Terrier.  She was lovely and she liked me too.
 

The additional photos are the twisted reflections as I crossed London Bridge and the sun going down.  I’ve blipped that building before. At the time they were slowly dismantling it.  They removed all of it except for the central core of lifts and now they are rebuilding it.