Princess Louise, Holborn
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The Princess Louise is a public house on High Holborn, a street in central London. Built in 1872, it has a well-preserved 1891 Victorian interior, with wood panelling and a series of booths around an island bar. It is a tied house owned by the Samuel Smith Old Brewery of Tadcaster, Yorkshire.[1]
About
Being located near Bloomsbury, the British Museum and the University of London, it is patronised by academics.[2]
Building
The building is protected by its Grade II* listing[3][4] and has what has been described as "a rich example of a Victorian public house interior", by William B Simpson and Sons; who contracted out the work.[3][4][5] The men's toilets, with their marble urinals, are mentioned in the listing.[3][4] The pub, which is also listed on National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors, was refurbished in 2007.[6] The pub is unusual in that it retains its snob screens.[6]
In June 2009, the pub was joint winner of the best refurbishment class of the 2008 Pub Design Awards awarded annually by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA).[7] Author Peter Haydon included the Princess Louise in his book The Best Pubs in London and rated it No. 5 in the capital, saying it had "possibly the best preserved Victorian pub interior in London".[8]
History
The pub was operated by Regent Inns from 1990 until 1998, when the lease was taken over by Samuel Smith.
The Princess Louise has been the venue for a number of influential folk clubs run by Ewan MacColl and others, which played an important part in the British folk revival of the late 1950s and early 1960s.[9]
References
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External links
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- Pubs in the London Borough of Camden
- Grade II* listed buildings in the London Borough of Camden