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Merseyside - Liverpool
One star - A pub interior of special national historic interest
Listed Status: II
2A Smithdown RoadLiverpool, Wavertree
L7 4JG
Tel: (0151) 489 8258
Nearby Station: Edge Hill
Station Distance: 600m
Public Transport: Near Railway Station (Edge Hill)
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This landmark pub of 1902, which has seen better days, is built of red brick with stone banding and is clear proof that Cain’s Brewery did not confine itself to building of luxurious pubs to the city centre. A spacious corridor with a mosaic floor and high dado of colourful tiles in shades of green, light tan and maroon leads round to the stunning high-ceilinged lounge with a mosaic floor and two alcoves picked out in green and pink also with fine woodwork. On the left of the corridor is a large, long public bar with a high dado of colourful tiling on the walls.
A landmark pub of 1902 on an important road junction, and clear proof that Cain’s brewery did not confine its building of luxurious pubs to the city centre. Built of red brick with stone banding. A tiled corridor from the Lodge Lane entrance leads into a spacious corridor with a mosaic floor and high dado of colourful tiles in shades of green, light tan and maroon. The mosaic floor continues into the ladies toilets.
The corridor leads round to the stunning high ceilinged lounge with a mosaic floor and two alcoves picked out in green and pink also with fine woodwork (similarity to the Philharmonic where an alcove leads off the lobby in front of the semi-circular counter: at the Boundary the counter is a modern replacement with a polished granite top). Ornate plasterwork on the ceiling, ornate fittings for either gas lamps or candelabra. Has an high arch entrance with columns and capitals and panelled walls with bell pushes. An ornately carved fireplace with modern insert and old fixed seating. The pub has been opened out into two rooms at the rear also with ornate plasterwork ceilings. Large vestibule from Smithdown Road has mosaic floor, fielded panelling, high ceiling and plasterwork ceiling.
On the left of the corridor is a large, long public bar with a high dado of colourful tiling on the walls. The vestibule entrance from Lodge Lane has a well worn mosaic floor. The bar counter and bar-back fitting look like 1980s replacements and the advertisements are an unfortunate modern addition and overpower the room.
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The corridor leads round to the stunning high ceilinged lounge with a mosaic floor and two alcoves picked out in green and pink also with fine woodwork (similarity to the Philharmonic where an alcove leads off the lobby in front of the semi-circular counter: at the Boundary the counter is a modern replacement with a polished granite top). Ornate plasterwork on the ceiling, ornate fittings for either gas lamps or candelabra. Has an high arch entrance with columns and capitals and panelled walls with bell pushes. An ornately carved fireplace with modern insert and old fixed seating. The pub has been opened out into two rooms at the rear also with ornate plasterwork ceilings. Large vestibule from Smithdown Road has mosaic floor, fielded panelling, high ceiling and plasterwork ceiling.
On the left of the corridor is a large, long public bar with a high dado of colourful tiling on the walls. The vestibule entrance from Lodge Lane has a well worn mosaic floor. The bar counter and bar-back fitting look like 1980s replacements and the advertisements are an unfortunate modern addition and overpower the room.
