> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # ✨ Treasure Hoard: The Repoussé work at The Black Friar Pub, London. - URL: https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/treasure-hoard-the-repousse-work-at-the-black-friar-pub-london/ - Published: 2026-09-02T15:24:53.000Z - Updated: 2026-09-02T15:32:28.000Z - Description: A living pub and total artwork, the Black Friar celebrates fellowship, craftsmanship, and the handmade poetry of the Edwardian age. - Author: Andy Marshall - Tags: Treasure, #treasure-79, The Black Friar, london, pub, public house, repousse ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2025/10/6DA5562D-C548-4039-9FA5-5797E60974C2_1_105_c.jpeg) **The Black Friar in London, built in 1875 and remodelled around 1905 by architect Herbert Fuller-Clark, is a masterpiece of the Art Nouveau milieu.** The exterior reminds me of the Flatiron Building in New York - that same bold, triangular thrust into the street, as if the pub itself were cutting through the fast stream of modernity, holding its ground while the city rushes by. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2025/10/DD4639E6-0E22-4365-BA04-972F68E3F0C8_1_201_a-1.jpeg) Whilst a merry monk leans from the corner of the building, around the bend the façade bursts into delight - golden mosaics gleam with the word *Brandies*, and brass signage, its lettering curled and lyrical, directs the passer-by toward the saloon bar. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2025/10/D6A700FC-9F7D-4336-AA1A-CF4FAFC7AC0F_1_105_c.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2025/10/B41C6785-F2EC-4B58-B3DF-D9D50BAF9277_1_201_a-1.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2025/10/B0D8F226-6391-4EED-BF9D-5E6293B7D018_1_105_c.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2025/10/2E387BD8-FE9E-4F99-9811-2CA0E0D58E76_1_105_c.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2025/10/9C488865-D559-4938-97AE-23B038A27D4E_1_105_c.jpeg) Its exuberant copper *repoussé* panels were designed by sculptor Henry Poole RA and executed with metalworker Frederick T. Callcott, uniting skill and imagination in true Arts and Crafts spirit. Every surface - bronze, alabaster, mosaic, and marble - bears the mark of care and humour: cherubic friars brewing, feasting, and laughing beneath tongue-in-cheek mottos. A living pub and total artwork, the Black Friar celebrates fellowship, craftsmanship, and the handmade poetry of the Edwardian age. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2025/10/95B0BB23-2040-4B29-BB7C-BC94C85D6EE0_1_105_c-1.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2025/10/5127E3E9-C36C-495B-A330-12884A67852E_1_105_c.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2025/10/300C6402-CEE1-4AF6-B6AF-B7D6B46AC0FB_1_201_a-1.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2025/10/8C8F434E-0B6F-41B1-9FDB-280F9A9F0F92_1_201_a-1.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2025/10/6491216C-831F-4F26-BE64-4B0F342F3CE1_1_105_c.jpeg) --- Andy Marshall’s Treasure Hoard Gazetteer ## Small wonders. *Hidden in plain sight.* My personal collection of material treasures: a growing map of wonders gathered over more than forty years of photographing and documenting Britain — ancient yews, ghost angels, carved ships, Roman stonework and details that reward a closer look. 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