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There’s a lot more to Spotted Horse than meets the eye!

The pub was originally called The Blue Anchor, but had changed to the Spotted Horse by 1754. It was described in 1857 as a "small substantial brick built house in the High Street". The building was altered in 1877 & again, more extensively in the Edwardian period in its present mock-Tudor style.

It was here that British traitor Klaus Fuchs divulged atomic research secrets to his KGB contact in the 1940s. Because he had acted as a spy during World War 2, when Russia was an ally of the UK, Fuchs was sentenced to just 14 years in prison: the maximum possible for passing military secrets to a friendly nation.

The old central bar was moved to the side in 2000 & the new dining area was introduced. The Putney icon, our black & white Spotted Horse, appears to have been introduced in the 20th century, as it does not appear in any early photographs of the pub.

After our latest stunning refurbishment, we have opted for a different look outside with light coloured window frames, which we have not done before & we have also written Spotted Horse on the front of the pub: as far as I know, this is the first time the name of the pub has ever been written on the actual pub in over 250 years!