This fine old Victorian building (built circa 1897 for the Queen’s Jubilee), once called the Queen’s Chambers, fell into disrepair…
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…
MANHATTAN, MANHATAN 34, REAL ALE CLASSROOM, 34-38 RUTLAND STREET
Opened by Chris Baker, ex-Time Bar manager, in what is now termed ‘the cultural quarter,’ close to the Curve theatre…
WOODMANS ARMS, 18 RUTLAND STREET
Thomas Porter was a victualler of the Woodmans Arms in an 1818 directory. John Deacon was there by 1827. William…
SIR THOMAS WHITE, RUSSELL STREET
See centre, Sir Thomas White Russell St off Russell Sq, with entry right through to Chester St, the pub most…
EARL RUSSELL, 80 RUSSEL STREET
Photo above: Earl Russell (kind permission of Laura Evans – the original was taken by Laura’s grandpa, Tom Bassett). One…
FREE TRADE – RUSSEL SQUARE
The exact whereabouts of this beerhouse is not certain. These are the only four reports of a Free Trade beerhouse,…
BRAZIERS ARMS, 2 RUSSEL SQUARE
The Braziers Arms on Russel Square/Woodboy street dates from the 1830s, as with the British Lion. An auction of January…
QUEEN & THE RIGHTS OF PEOPLE – BRITISH LION, 14 RUSSEL SQUARE
A beerhouse from the 1830s, when Lawrence Staines was victualler. Stains was a political agitator for the Reform Society, scourge…
FULL MOON, 20 RUSSEL SQUARE
Russell Square stood at the bottom of Wharf Street and the Full Moon was sometimes listed as in Wharf Street.…