City Centre · The lead review
The Crown Liquor Saloon
Gas lamps, carved snugs and tilework that belongs in a museum — the National Trust owns it, and it still pours a serious pint.
The Crown is the pub every visitor is sent to, and for once the crowd is right. Commissioned in 1885 and fitted out by Italian craftsmen moonlighting from church work, it is the finest Victorian gin palace left on these islands. Claim a snug, close the door, ring the bell for service, and study the tilework while you wait. The National Trust owns the building; the pint remains a working one.
Victorian · Snugs
