one of ... Britain's Real Heritage Pubs
This pub is taken from the National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors, CAMRA's pioneering effort to identify and help protect the most important historic pub interiors in the country. | ||||||
EDINBURGH AND THE LOTHIANS - Edinburgh, Newington, Leslie's Bar National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors Part One 45 Ratcliffe Street, Newington, Edinburgh, EH9 1SU Tel: 0131 667 7205 Draught Beer & Cider: Real ale Public Transport: Bus: 42 & Nicholson Street buses Pub Food: Snacks all day Listed Status: Grade B A magnificent island-bar pub built in 1899 in a four-storey sandstone tenement by architect P L Henderson. Similar to the Abbotsford, it is well worth going out of your way to visit. It is unique, having a gantry-like structure on the top left-hand side of the bar counter and a series of low, ticket booth-style windows for service, which are numbered on the inside. This arrangement is akin to snob screens in Victorian pubs in English cities which allowed more affluent patrons of the lounge bar to obtain their liquor through low serving hatches and preserve some privacy from public bar customers. This is one of only a handful of pubs selling its own whisky, a fine blended whisky distilled by Inverary. On the left as you enter is a small snug separated from the lounge by a low, panelled screen with a door and semi-circular stained glass panels. Note the hinged section of the bar counter in the snug for which nobody has been able to provide an explanation – any help on this matter is most welcome. |
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