The Newman Arms sits on the corner of Rathbone Street and the narrow, cobbled Newman Passage. You can identify the building by the mural of a nineteenth-century woman painted onto a bricked-up window on its upper floor, a reference to the…
Bloomsbury Literary Pubs
Walk the historic squares and traditional taverns where the Bloomsbury Group and London's greatest writers drank, debated, and wrote.
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1. The Newman Arms
2. Fitzroy Tavern
The Fitzroy Tavern, located on Charlotte Street, is identifiable by its dark wood exterior and the wrought-iron signage hanging above the entrance. Originally constructed in eighteen eighty-three as the Fitzroy Coffee House, the building…
3. Gordon Square
Gordon Square is defined by its informal layout of serpentine gravel paths and scattered trees, a distinct departure from the rigid geometric patterns typical of other nearby London squares. Developed in the eighteen twenties by master…
4. Museum Tavern
The Museum Tavern is a four-story building in a modified French Renaissance style, characterized by its stucco exterior and a ground floor featuring Corinthian pilasters. Located at forty-nine Great Russell Street, this structure is a…
5. The Queens Larder
The Queens Larder is a small, wood-paneled tavern located at the corner of Queen Square in Bloomsbury. It is defined by its intimate, club-like interior and a cellar that, according to local tradition, holds a unique place in royal history.
6. The Lamb
The Lamb pub on Lamb's Conduit Street is identifiable by its dark, Victorian exterior and the rare, hinged glass partitions known as snob screens inside. Built in the seventeen twenties, the pub takes its name from William Lamb, a…
7. The Lady Ottoline
The Lady Ottoline is a four-story, two-tone brick building on the corner of Northington Street, distinguished by its curved corner and dark wood frontage. Established by seventeen fifty-six and rebuilt in eighteen twenty-six, the structure…