London, Mayfair. This building is over 400 years old and was once a hunting lodge for Queen Anne. It was originally called "The Oliver Cromwell" and was used as the living quarters for his bodyguards. The cellars were used as a gaol for felons awaiting execution at nearby Tyburn. Licensed in 1743, the present name was adopted by 1763 and the pub was rebuilt in 1889. The sign above the entrance features a Tudor rose over a royal crown which symbolizes the union of the white rose of York and the red rose of Lancaster which occurred when Henry Tudor married Elizabeth of York, ending the war of the Roses. Inside is a large single room next to a long dark wood bar and an upstairs dining room. A Greene King pub, their IPA was my beer of choice as I started my days crawl in Mayfair.