The Pigeons pub and hotel

Not a pub or hotel, and not for pigeons, but in Stratford is a grand old building that was once a pub and hotel for humans.The Pigeons public house, originally The Three Pigeons seems to have been a pub on this site since at least 1776, and used to have a large windmill just behind it.The windmill went in 1860, and the current ornate building was constructed in 1899, to a design by the London architect, Henry Poston.While today we think of pigeons as flying rats, keeping the less ratty type of p