4464 x 3648 px | 37,8 x 30,9 cm | 14,9 x 12,2 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
22 luglio 2022
Ubicazione:
126 Newgate St, London, England, UK, EC1A 7AA
Altre informazioni:
The Viaduct Tavern is a Grade II listed public house at 126 Newgate Street, Holborn, London. It was built in 1865 and the interior was remodeled in 1898–1900 by Arthur Dixon. It is on the Campaign for Real Ale's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors. The tavern is also known for reportedly being haunted, and has been the subject of several investigation shows, including BuzzFeed Unsolved The pub has a large curved frontage, but the interior is surprisingly small. Many of the original features have survived. On one wall, three paintings of wistful maidens represent agriculture, banking and the arts. The ‘arts’ was attacked (some say shot, others bayoneted) by a drunken First World War soldier, and she still bears the scar. There are gilded and silvered mirrors and decorated glass. At the back of the bar is a manager’s stall, a sort of office booth, made from beautifully carved hardwood and intricately engraved glass panels. The ornate ceiling is made from beaten copper and is supported by cast iron pillars. The Viaduct Tavern and the Old Bailey opposite, were NOT built on the site of Newgate Prison, which continued until 1868. The cellars of the Viaduct are therefore NOT the former cells of the prison and despite the tours of them that can be arranged by appointment (they’re authentically skanky) they’re not cells. Still evocative and stinkily Victorian, though.
