Inn 1888, London

This pub has some of the most spectacular Victorian wall tiling and mirrors seen anywhere.

As the present name helpfully implies, this red-brick building dates back to 1888. A feature that can be spotted outside is the pretty stained and painted glass borders to the lower parts of the windows which include representations of Michaelmas daisies. In the heads of the windows you can also make out delicate filigree piercing. The extensive tiled walls inside have a yellow ochre-coloured dado, above which is an early type of Art Nouveau frieze, and, then, on the upper part of the walls, a series of panels where on the left wall they're divided by wooden pilasters. Each panel has an ornamented mirror set within a wooden frame (apart from one with an artistic Champagne advertisement). The colouration of this upper tiling is a warm mixture of beige, buff and red. One of the highlights of the pub is a splendid advertising mirror promoting the wares of Pocock & Pearce of Pancras Road who were apparently the sole proprietors of Paddy Liqueur Irish Whisky and ‘The Nurse’s’ brand of bottled beers. There is a little vignette in the centre of ‘Paddy and Polly’ cavorting about in good spirits.