Crown & Glove, Sheffield

Although the interior of this pub looks modern and very much like many hundreds of other ‘food led’ pubs, the two left hand rooms are little altered since a 1962 refurbishment by Wards Brewery (Hadfield, Cawkwell & Davison for Messrs S.H.Ward & Co.Ltd.). The 1962 lay-out remains throughout.

From the front door there is a lobby. The left hand door leads into the lounge bar with a parquet floor. A 1962 photograph confirms the dado panelling and some full height panelling around the servery are 1962 work but are now painted grey. The bar counter is 1962 but recently painted. Only a door in the bar back appears to be from 1962: the rest is modern. There is a stone fireplace wit display shelve from 1962 and a small piece of fixed seating to the right; the bay window seating looks 1962 work, but a backing has been added. Up three stone steps is a snug which was created from an old kitchen. This retain the 1962 stone fireplace with modern woo added around it. The fitted seating around the room looks like it is from 1962.

The public bar on the right has been totally refitted with possibly, the base of the bay window seating dating back to 1962. The gents urinals look to date from at least 1962, possibly earlier. Outside, this ex-S.H.Wards pub has a unique stone ‘Crown and Glove’ logo. The name is a reference to the gauntlet thrown down on Coronation Day by the Royal Champion, daring anyone to dispute the right of succession. The tradition was established by William the Conqueror and was last observed, in 1821, at the coronation of George IV.