THE occupation of one of south London’s most historic pubs set to be turned into an estate agency had its first taste of victory yesterday as The Elephant & Castle was listed as a community asset.

As previously reported by the Star, the heir to the original tavern — credited with giving the south London neighbourhood its name — was shut down in January after having its license revoked.

Last Wednesday a group of housing campaigners reclaimed the site and transformed it into an ad-hoc community centre in response to local anger over the confirmation that estate agency Foxtons were set to buy the premises.