CAMPAIGN FOR REAL ALE

KINGDOM OF FIFE - Kirkcaldy, Feuars' Arms

National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors Part Two

28 Bogies Wynd, Kirkcaldy, KY1 2PH

Tel: 01592 269056

Email: staff@thefeuarsarms.co.uk

Web site: www.thefeuarsarms.co.uk

Draught Beer & Cider: Real ale

Public Transport: Railway Station: Kirkcaldy

Pub Food: Meals lunchtimes and also Thu to Sun evenings

Listed Status: Grade A

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A splendid example of Edwardian pub fitting and especially notable for the display of ceramics, one of the best in Scotland, including an 18m (59ft) long bar counter completely fronted with brown Art Nouveau tiles. The pub was rebuilt in 1890 and then remodelled in 1902 by William Williamson with two-tone tiled walls, including two small Doulton’s of Lambeth tiled panels (each a single tile) featuring a jester evidently eyeing up the shepherdess a few feet away. The large bar has an all-over mosaic floor, a mahogany gantry and a long-case clock.

Within the servery is a semi-octagonal office. CAMRA is only aware of 11 (8 in London) glazed-in Publican’s Office pubs left in the whole of the UK including fine examples in other of Britain's Real Heritage Pubs the Viaduct Tavern, Smithfield, London EC1; Argyll Arms, Soho, London W1; Falcon, Battersea, London SW11; Beehive, Tottenham, London N17; and Kings Arms, Hanwell, London W7. Also; other examples can be found at Joiners Arms, Camberwell, London SE5; Winchester, Highgate, London N6; Cauliflower, Ilford, East London; Old Castle, Doncaster, South Yorkshire; and Athletic Arms, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Other original features include stained glass windows with the arms of Scotland, England and Ireland, lots of etched glass and two mosaic porch floors, one now opened up. There is a restaurant at the rear left with a hatch but this area has undergone modern changes. Visit the intact gents' if you can for its glass-panelled Doulton's cistern, a pair of marble-framed urinals, tiled walls and a mosaic floor. The central entrance on Bogie's Wynd must have led originally to a small off-sales compartment divided from the bars on either side by screens.