Three Marys Cocktail Bar, Edinburgh

Built 1899 as the Bay Horse (architect William. N. Thompson of Leith) at the base of a sandstone tenement, it originally consisted of a public bar, a jug bar and two sitting rooms with a striking Edwardian facade of stained glass windows (now plain windows here but stained glass survives at WN Thompson’s Noble’s Bar, 44a Constitution Street, Leith)). The charming little jug bar was still completely unspoilt in the 1980s but the pub is now opened up. The bar counter is the original Victorian one to which a new front (and top) was added in 1952 by new owners MacPherson’s. The original mirrored gantry remains with Corinthian capitals holding up the top section, cupboards in the corner but it has been painted light blue and the main shelf is painted red and virtually all lower shelves lost to fridges. The right hand door leads into a good vestibule entrance with a colourful Victorian tiled floor which originally led to the jug bar. The left hand door has a shallow vestibule. Dado panelling is modern. At the rear a small gap under the gantry leads to a tiny room with ply panelled walls (from 1952?)