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The Admiralty is a pub at 66 Trafalgar Square, London. It is the only pub situated on the square. [1] The Italianate building was built in 1871 by the architect F. W. Porter for the Union Bank. It was listed at Grade II in 1987, by which time it was a branch of the National Westminster Bank. [2]
Because of its location near British government buildings and Trafalgar Square, the pub is frequented by members of the Civil Service and tourists. [ 2 ] In 1999, the BBC claimed that the Silver Cross Tavern was the only legal brothel in the United Kingdom, although not currently in operation as such, on the basis that a royal licence granted ...
The pub was restored to a late Victorian form [9] and the main exhibit, a detailed replica of a corner of Holmes' fictional apartment, was installed on the upstairs floor, [1] where it can be viewed behind a plate glass wall from both the roof garden and the first-floor Sherlock Holmes restaurant and through small windows in the upstairs ...
In many places, especially in villages, a pub can be the focal point of the community. The writings of Samuel Pepys describe the pub as the heart of England. London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom. [5] Between 2001 and 2016, London lost 25% of its pubs (1,220 pubs). [6]
Both the pub and shop close during the winter months. [2] The Eagle in Benet Street, Cambridge. The pub in which Francis Crick and James Watson announced that they had "discovered the secret of life" (the structure of DNA). The pub is opposite the Cavendish Laboratory [4] and the event is commemorated by a blue plaque next to the entrance. [5]
Oxford and Cambridge Club (called the United Oxford and Cambridge Club, 1971–2001) 1821 (United University Club); 1830 (Oxford and Cambridge Club); 1971 (merged club) 71–76 Pall Mall: 1837 Members of Oxford and Cambridge Universities Since 1996 Portland Club: 1814 36–39 Pall Mall, sharing the premises of the Army & Navy Club: 1990s Cards
Vine or Grapes possibly harks back to the Roman custom of displaying a vine outside a tavern or wine-shop, as in The Hoop and Grapes in Aldgate High Street, London (reputed to be the city's oldest pub) and the Vine, Wisbech (now closed). [3] Wheatsheaf, a Wetherspoon pub in Wisbech. [3] Yew Tree, Bassingbourne. Named for Taxus baccata the ...
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