TQ5076 : The Red Barn Public House, Barnehurst My first local! The pub has an interesting history not least of which it is celebrated as the home of the revival of traditional jazz in Britain and jazz legend George Melly unveiled a plaque on 4th July 1985 to commemorate this. The pub was built back in 1936 and was home to local jazz band the 'George Webb Dixielanders'. George Webb, a worker at nearby Vickers, then in Crayford, formed the band with his friends in 1944 and performed regularly at the Red Barn on Monday evenings.