Golden Lion, Hereford

In 1938 the adjoining house on the left was combined to create a vastly enlarged public bar and many fittings from 1938 remain. It retains an intact off sales in the lobby created by a leaded glass partition and with a rising lower window. Through a door in the partition on the left is the public bar – note there are Victorian-style 'Public Bar' etched windows in both parts so that on the left has been moved (or is a copy?) – and the fixed seating looks to be Victorian and therefore re-positioned. The counter in the public bar could date from the 1930s i.e. the same date as the partition but in the 1980s a new Formica frontage was added. The bar back looks like it could be 1930s work. On the right the lounge / dining room has a counter that could also date from the 1930s but it too has front panels added in the 1980s and the top looks to be of similar date; the bar-back fitting is from the post-war period.

Some information from ‘The Pubs of Hereford City’ by Ron Shoesmith (Logaston Press, 1994) ISBN 1873827148.