The Champion, Wells Street

The Champion, public house
General information
Location	City of Westminster, England
Coordinates	51°30′59″N 0°8′14″W
Awards and prizes	Listed as Grade II by Historic England[1]

The pub sign in 2009.

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]

The building in Grade II listed.[1] 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.[5]

The stained glass windows in the pub are a more recent feature, and were designed by Ann Sotheran, commissioned by Samuel Smith Old Brewery when they purchased the pub in the 1980s.[4][6] CAMRA's WhatPub guide lists the pub as an outstanding example of restoration.[7]

References

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

External links

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