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. | ||||||
LONDON, GREATER - London SW1, St James's, Red Lion National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors Part Two Duke of York Street, London SW1, SW1Y 6JP Tel: 020 7321 0782 Public Transport: Underground: Piccadiilly Circus Listed Status: Grade II A national treasure – the Red Lion has one of the most spectacular late-Victorian pub interiors anywhere – small but beautifully formed! It is claimed there’s been a pub on the site since 1788. The present building went up in 1821 and was given a new pub front in 1871 by architect W. H. Rawlings though the fittings may be rather later. The actual trading area of the pub is tiny and surrounds a central serving area. Yet a century ago, small as it is, it would have been divided up into various separate areas – the three outside doorways are proof of that as are the names ‘public bar’ and ‘private bar’ in the door glass. The front part was probably divided up into three while the back area has always been a single space. |
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