SPARKS BAR, DIELECTRIC, QUEEN VICTORIA’S ARTS CLUB – ORTON’S BRASSERIE, 41 RUTLAND STREET

This fine old Victorian building (built circa 1897 for the Queen’s Jubilee), once called the Queen’s Chambers, fell into disrepair … More

THE EXCHANGE, 50 RUTLAND STREET

Cassie Davison, late of the Entropy, on Hinckley Road, transformed this beautiful Victorian designed building, turning it into a multi … More

Opened by Chris Baker, ex-Time Bar manager, in what is now termed ‘the cultural quarter,’ close to the Curve theatre … More

Thomas Porter was a victualler of the Woodmans Arms in an 1818 directory. John Deacon was there by 1827. William … More

See centre, Sir Thomas White Russell St off Russell Sq, with entry right through to Chester St, the pub most … More

Photo above: Earl Russell (kind permission of Laura Evans – the original was taken by Laura’s grandpa, Tom Bassett). One … More

The exact whereabouts of this beerhouse is not certain. These are the only four reports of a Free Trade beerhouse, … More

The Braziers Arms on Russel Square/Woodboy street dates from the 1830s, as with the British Lion. An auction of January … More

A beerhouse from the 1830s, when Lawrence Staines was victualler. Stains was a political agitator for the Reform Society, scourge … More

Russell Square stood at the bottom of Wharf Street and the Full Moon was sometimes listed as in Wharf Street. … More