Pubs and Bars
This is not a pub guide. Every pub in this collection is here for one reason: the quality of its decorative glass. These are Victorian and Edwardian interiors in which acid etched, brilliant cut, gilded and stained glass is the centrepiece rather than a backdrop, and each one has been visited and photographed in detail by stainedglass.co.uk.
The articles
13 November 2026The Champion, Wells Street: a Victorian pub with stained glass championsA Grade II listed Fitzrovia corner pub whose 1989 painted glass portraits of Victorian champions sit within a mid-Victorian building.Read the article →
11 November 2026The Red Lion, Duke of York Street: Victorian etched, cut and gold glassHow a small St James's pub kept its gold-lettered etched doors and a rare scheme of Victorian brilliant cut and etched mirrors.Read the article →