View of 121-135 Borough High Street, Southwark. On the left, number 123 forms part of the Grapes public house, with a Take Courage sign advertising the brewery. A four-storey mid-nineteenth century building with an early-eighteenth century wing to the rear. It is Grade II listed, number 1378362. An arched entrance, with a Morris Minor driving out, leads to a passageway known as Kentish Buildings, formerly Christopher Alley; the original name of the public house which occupied the site from at least 1542. As a coaching inn, it was named after the patron saint of travellers. In 1851 the landlord was Charles Williams and he had two resident staff, a barmaid and servant. The name change to The Grapes occurred sometime in the early-nineteenth century. The building remains a public house and has reverted to its original name of St Christopher's Inn. Numbers 123-127 form an early-nineteenth century four-storey terrace with shops on the ground floor. They are Grade II listed, number 1378363. Number 123-125 are combined as a newsagent, now a restaurant, and number 127 is a separate newsagents with a man looking in the window. Between number 127-131 is a passageway with wooden double doors leading to a yard at the back, formerly Spur Inn Yard. In 1560 the Spur Inn was owned by William Emerson, a well-known Southwark resident of his time. It was sold in 1604 by his daughter-in-law Emme Emerson, to Hugh Browker; "one of the Prothonotaryes of his Majestyes Courte of Common Plees". The Spur is one of the "fayre Innes for receipt of travellers" mentioned by Stow in 1598. It partly burnt down in 1667, but in 1720 is described as "pretty well resorted unto by Waggons." It ceased to be an inn in 1848. Buildings now occupying this site belong to Kings College London. Number 131 is a four-storey building with a shoe shop on the ground floor, and number 133-135 is a four-storey office building with people at the front waiting at a bus stop. These buildings have been redeveloped and a convenience store now occupies the ground floor of 131-135.