Seaside Pubs
Seaside pubs can be found right across the UK from Cornwall to the Scottish islands. Many are close to harbours though some are right on the beach and others sit on cliff tops. See the full listing of seaside pubs here
Bay Hotel, Robin Hoods Bay
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Translucent Style: Cut & Etched Glass in Pubs
Cutting, etching and embossing glass was perfected by the Victorians and put to excellent effect in many of the hundreds of pubs they built towards the end of the 19th century. Almost all Victorian and Edwardian urban pubs had decorative translucent glass and although most of it has been torn out, much still remains. Etched glass was still popular in the 1920s and 1930s, although the intricate art nouveau patterns had given way to simpler geometric designs. Pubs continue to add etched glass windows today, often to replace glass that was removed in the clear glass craze of the 1990s and early 2000s, and sometimes to replace original glass with modern copies.
Harry Redfern’s Carlisle Legacy: the ‘model pubs’ of the State Management Scheme
One of the key proposals of the Carlisle State Management Scheme was to reconstruct existing pubs and build new pubs to an ideal agreed by the various interests behind alcohol reduction. The scheme needed an architect and the person chosen was Harry Redfern, who was to oversee the programme until the early 1940s. Redfern’s pubs were revolutionary and became a huge influence on the ‘improved pubs’ movement that was taking off across the country in the inter-war period.