Liverpool, Georgian Quarter. This off the beaten path pub was built in 1844 and over the years has been known as The Liver, The Liver Hotel, The Grapes, Peter's Hotel, and Peter's, before being renamed in 1978 to honour Peter Kavanagh, who was its licensee from 1897 to 1950. Besides being a publican he was a politician, floral artist, fundraiser for the Catholic Church, public benefactor, and inventor.

Kavanagh commissioned the pub's refit in 1929, with Scottish painter Eric Harald Macbeth Robertson producing murals based on the work of Charles Dickens (scenes from the Pickwick Papers in the front snug ) and Hogarth (scenes of drinking and merriment in the back snug). These works were reputedly done as payment-in-kind for an unpaid bar bill. All sorts of trinkets and curios cover the walls and ceiling including bikes, old radios, ceramic pots, musical instruments, a crocodile skin, and containers filled with the remains of former punters. There is lots of beautiful stained glass, and one of my favorite things are the carved armrests on the wooden benches, allegedly caricatures of Kavanagh (there are also many other carved faces throughout the pub). I enjoyed an old favorite, Timothy Taylor's Landlord Pale Ale (founded in 1858 in West Yorkshire). This one is a bit out of the way, but definitely worth the journey.