The_Champion,_Wells_Street

The Champion, Wells Street

The Champion, Wells Street

Pub in Fitzrovia, London

The Champion is a 19th-century public house in Wells Street in the Fitzrovia area of the City of Westminster, London. It is notable for the presence of stained glass windows and a snob screen, a Victorian feature preserved to the present day in only a few pubs.[2][3][4]

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The pub sign in 2009.

The building in Grade II listed.[5] It was built around 1860 to 1870 of gault brick with stucco dressings and a slate roof. Historic England comment on its "lively classical detailing".[1] It was refitted by architects John Robson Reid and Sylvia Reid in the 1950s following a competition in Architectural Review.[6]

The stained glass windows in the pub are a more recent feature, and were designed by Ann Sotheran, commissioned by Sam Smiths when they purchased the pub in the 1980s.[4][7] CAMRA's WhatPub guide lists the pub as an outstanding example of restoration.[8]

References

  1. [1]
    Historic England. "The Champion Public House (1267696)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  2. [2]
    "The Champion". Londonist. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  3. [3]
    "The Champion". Atlas Obscura. 24 February 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
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    admin (22 May 2022). "The Champion Pub and Oxford Market". A London Inheritance. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
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    "THE CHAMPION PUBLIC HOUSE, Non Civil Parish - 1267696 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  6. [6]
    The Champion public house, Wells Street, Fitzrovia, London: the bar counter with modern fixtures. RIBApix. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  7. [7]
    Sullivan, Edward (1998). Evening Standard London Pub Bar Guide 1999 S S Int. Simon and Schuster. p. 39. ISBN 978-0-684-86840-0.
  8. [8]
    "Champion, London". whatpub.com. Retrieved 20 April 2024.

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