A landmark pub at Lee Green will be brought back to life after being boarded up, the company that owns it has said.
The historic Old Tigers Head dates back to the 18th century, and the current building has sat at the junction of Lee High Road and Lee Road since 1896.
The pub, which is on the Lewisham-Greenwich borough boundary, recently closed down. Last week the building was boarded up, only six years after its operator at the time, Caskaway Taverns, spent a reported £500,000 refurbishing it.
Star Pubs, which owns the building, told The Greenwich Wire that it was working on getting the pub reopened again.
A spokesperson said: “The previous operator left the pub and we are now carrying out compliance works to make it ready to open again.
“We have a temporary operator lined up to take the pub once these works are complete. We are also working on plans to let the pub on a long term agreement.”
The pub once formed a pair with another historic local across the road, the New Tigers Head, which ceased trading in 2005 and became a supermarket four years ago.
A nearby Wetherspoons, the Edmund Halley, closed at the end of last year.
Last year Lewisham Council’s strategic planning committee approved 562 flats and a new supermarket to replace the Leegate Centre opposite the Old Tigers Head, although officials have not yet signed off on the plans.