Jessie Bayliss

The Rose & Crown is a wonderful historic pub in Clapham, south London, which completed a major refurbishment in 2020. I was commissioned to produce a detailed illustration of the newly refurbished building for the pub's menus and print collateral.

I worked the drawing in pen and ink, building the façade study from reference and observation so the character of the refurbished pub read at a glance. The illustration was scaled to work at menu-page size while holding enough detail to reward a closer look — brickwork, signage and the architectural set-pieces that define the building.

The illustration now appears across the Rose & Crown's menus and print identity.