A busy family run pub which is very close to Dumfries Railway Station and overlooks J.M. Barrie's house. This Victorian free house has satellite sports TV as well as weekly traditional bar games and quiz nights. It has a large traditional bar and a small quiet room in the back.
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One star - A pub interior of special national historic interest
Listed status: Not listed
Public bar has a curved ply panelled bar counter from the inter-war years and with a trough all along its base. The gantry is more 1960s or later with glass shelves. The walls have 1960s ply panelling throughout to picture frame height. There is a 1930s (or 1950s?) brick fireplace on the right painted red. The fixed seating looks 1960, as do the draught baffles with a 'W' motif. There is a series of Art Deco style wall lights which look old. Gents’ with half doors has 1930s Shanks & Co. Barrhead urinals. An arch at the rear right leads to a small room / snug with some more 1960s ply panelled walls and modern fixed seating.
Waverley Bar, Dumfries
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