Crown, London

Grade II listed:- Public house. Mid C19. By Finch Hill and Paraire. Rusticated stucco; ground floor with late C19 glazed tiles to public house frontage. 3 storeys and cellars. On corner of Seven Dials with 1 window and 3 window returns to Monmouth Street and Short's Gardens. Main entrance of pilastered public house frontage faces Seven Dials. Paired Corinthian pilasters rise from 1st floor carrying entablature with an anthemion enriched cornice and parapet with recessed panels. Clock face in central corniced panel. Architraved sash windows at 1st floor level with console bracketed cornices alternating with pedimented windows, the centre bay on each return being blind. To the 2nd floor architraved sashes with blind pedimented windows in the centre bay on each return. INTERIOR: corner bar divided into two by screen with arched opening. This, rear area of bar and underside of open staircase retains moulded frieze. Early C20 central bar counter and back bar. Panelled walls.