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Pitcher & Piano, London

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Operator: Pitcher & Piano (Marston's)
42 Kingsway, Holborn, London, WC2B 6EY (View on Google Map)

This Pub is Permanently Closed

The second of the Bar Excellence chain opened in August 1997 run by Eldridge Pope - now a pub chain, having disposed of the brewery. Formerly offices and believed once to have been a bank in a building designed by Lutyens in 1907. The main bar area has a high ceiling with chandeliers, polished wooden floor and tiled bar surround. Stairs lead to an upper balcony bar overlooking the main bar area. To the rear a small carpeted room provides some respite from the loud recorded music. Downstairs, the "Bacchus Room" can be hired for functions or wine tasting. Food. Disabled WC. Opens 10 (for food) to 11 Mon-Sat, closed Sundays. May close early on Sat depending on trade. Became a Pitcher & Piano in 1999, closing in 2012 and converting to a chain restaurant.

Historic Interest

Grade II listing:- Office block. 1908-9. With facade and hall by Edwin Lutyens, and plan by Pilditch and Company. Portland stone with rusticated ground, 1st and 2nd floor. Modified Classical style. 6 storeys and attic. Double fronted with 3 windows. Square-headed ground floor openings flanked by distyle-in-antis Greek Doric order pilasters rising through ground and 1st floor. All windows casements with leaded panes except the ground floor which has plate glass. Left hand entrance with head on keystone; right entrance replaced by a window. 2nd floor windows with vertically set sidelights. Architraved 3rd and 4th floor windows. Entablature with modillion cornice at 5th floor level. 5th floor windows with voussoirs and flanked by enriched pilasters carrying secondary cornice below balustraded parapet. Pediment flanked by chimney-stacks. INTERIOR: not inspected but noted to contain a vaulted hall. HISTORICAL NOTE: built for William Robinson, proprietor of 'The Garden'.

Information for this venue is provided by the North London Branch of CAMRA
Previous Names
Bar Excellence
Local Authority
Camden
Last updated
03/05/2021
Last surveyed
Leasehold owner
unknown
Freehold owner
Marston's
Pub ID
WLD/16676
Asset of Community Value

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