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His career peaked in the 1920s and 1930s when English brewers were trying to shed the Victorian sawdust-on-the-floor image of their pubs for a less rowdy atmosphere with a greater appeal to women—a concept termed the "improved pub". [1] [2] His pub designs generally eschewed the then fashionable modernism in favour of nostalgic neo-Georgian ...
In Old English, sele and sæl were used. These words are etymologically related to the modern English words salon and saloon (both augmentative forms of 'sal'). The word as a whole ("mead-hall") is a direct cognate with the Sanskrit term "madhushala" which refers to a pub or tavern. [citation needed]
The present building was built in the Old English style in about 1897, [1] on the site of The Crown. The Mosaic tilework at the left-hand entrance to this building (now hidden by carpet) still reads "The Crown". [6] The original architects for The Crown and Greyhound were Eedle and Meyers, who specialised in pub design. [8]
At this stage it was essentially a style for the country rather than houses in towns. Tudor style was "almost infinitely adaptable, particularly to low, spreading houses", [15] After about 1850 "Old English" came to mean a rather different style based on vernacular architecture, although some Tudor features such as tall brick chimneys often ...
A 1904 postcard of the building. The Crooked House was a pub in South Staffordshire, England.Its name and distinctive appearance were the result of 19th-century mining subsidence which caused one side of the building to be approximately 4 feet (1.2 m) lower than the other.
Interior of The Blackfriar in London, a Grade II* listed public house. The National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors was a register of public houses in the United Kingdom with interiors which had been noted as being of significant historic interest, having remained largely unchanged for at least 30 years, but usually since at least World War II.
The local: A history of the English pub (The History Press, 2021). Jennings, Paul. "Liquor Licensing and the Local Historian: The Victorian Public House." Local Historian 41 (2011): 121–137. Martin, John (1993). Stanley Chew's Pub Signs: a celebration of the art and heritage of British pub signs. Worcester: John Martin. ISBN 1-85421-225-7.
However, owing to troublesome relations with Catholic Europe, the free exchange of ideas was difficult meaning new Renaissance architecture was generally slow to arrive in Britain. [6] Increasingly isolated from the continent, landowners relied on new architectural books for inspiration, as well as surveyors to interpret designs. [8]