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George IV, Brixton was a public house and concert and dance venue at 144 Brixton Hill, in Brixton, London. It was also sometimes known as George Four. At the junction with Waterworks Road, the venue in 2007 became the Southside Bar and later the Music Bar. Following its closure in 2012, plans were submitted by Tesco to open a convenience store at the premises.〔〔 == History == The George IV is marked on Stanford's 1864 map; the pub can be seen to the right of the Lambeth Water Works and Female Convict Prison on Brixton Hill at the junction with George Place.〔 It does not appear on Whitbread's 1865 map,〔 although the White Horse to the north is marked. An Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map from 1874-75 shows the location of the George IV marked with the letters 'PH'.〔 Bartholemew's 1908 map did not mark public houses, but it showed the road to the side of the pub as Waterworks Road.〔 The 1901 census〔 showed 144 Brixton Hill as The Telegraph public house. That could have been a clerical error during the census data's transcription - the same census also documented the existence of a Telegraph public house at 228 Brixton Hill. The 1901 census data list a licensed victualler, his wife, mother, three sons, daughter and niece as the occupiers of 144 Brixton Hill. There were also four servants: a housemaid, two barmen and a cook. The 1911 census〔 showed 144 Brixton Hill as the George IV, with the same head of household as in 1901, and a total of 11 people living in the property. The George IV continued as a pub until 2006.〔〔 In May 2007, the venue re-opened as a wine-bar.〔〔〔 In mid-2012, the Tesco supermarket chain revealed that it planned to open a “convenience store” format Tesco Express store on the site.〔(''Music Bar George IV on Brixton Hill to become Tesco?'', Tim Dickens, Brixton Blog, July 27, 2012 ).Retrieved: 17 December, 2012〕 The plan was not welcomed. “A great many people have expressed to me their opposition to the opening of a Tesco at this site in Brixton Hill – our area simply doesn’t need and doesn’t want a new Tesco Express on the site,” said Chuka Umunna, the area’s MP, “I fear...the negative impact this proposed store will have on local businesses, local jobs and the character of the local area...There is still time for Tesco to change their minds and I urge them to do so immediately.”〔(''Update: the latest on Tesco’s attempt to open on Brixton Hill'', posted on Chuka Umunna’s website, 17 December 2012 ).Retrieved: 17 December, 2012.〕 A company spokesperson had told him in a 5 December 2012 letter: “I am aware of a variety of views within the community about our plans for a new Express store.”〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George IV, Brixton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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