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A gin palace opposite the Old Bailey, with three painted women, a surviving gin booth and cells in the cellar.
Historic interior
Built in 1874 and done over between 1898 and 1900 by Arthur Dixon into what it still is: a quadrant bar behind cut and etched glass, arcaded panelling, marbled piers, a plaster frieze of cherubs and a strapwork ceiling. On the right-hand wall are three paintings of Pre-Raphaelite women by an artist signing himself Hal, set in cream, green and orange marble and alabaster and alternating with tall mirrors. The protection is particularly for the inside.
It was a gin palace and the gin booth is still there - a small glazed office where the spirit was sold. The cellars are said to be cells from Newgate Prison, which stood opposite where the Old Bailey is now; they can be seen by arrangement.
Pies, Scotch eggs and toasties, which is the correct menu for a room like this.
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