Globe, Liverpool

Built in 1888 as a datestone at the top of the building attests. The interior now consists of two rooms, a bar at the front and a much smaller room behind. There has been some re-working as the two entrances would have originally led to different spaces. The black and white tiling at the entrances no doubt dates from a major renovation in c.1984 The bar counter only dates from then and the old-looking bar-back fitting is an import. There is a bar-back-like feature facing the servery which may indicate the original position of the servery but locals say it was at the rear?

The pretty friezes in both rooms, at least, are original, but the Victorian-style fireplace in the rear room is also an import. The fixed seating and short partitions/baffle date back to the 1920s. Note how the front room floor slopes towards the street - there is a drop of some 4 feet from back room to front door - it seems that those building the pub simply followed the lie of the land. On the wall is a plaque recording the inaugural meeting of Liverpool Branch of CAMRA on Jan 18 1974.