Preston (Friargate), Lancashire. There has been a pub on this site since 1797 but this Victorian building was built in 1898 for Kay's Atlas Brewery of Manchester by local architect J A Seward and doubled as a small hotel.

There are so many beautiful features to this pub. The red brick building is typical of its time. A mosaic floor runs throughout the pub. There are two small smoke rooms and a large U-shaped seating room in the back. It has a gorgeous semi-circular ceramic bar counter (one of 14 in the UK). There is ornate wood and glass work everywhere you look, with lots of memorabilia from old Preston.

It is a Robinsons pub (one of my favorite breweries and one you don't see a lot of).

Several nice beers to choose from - I went with the Dizzy Blonde Amarillo Pale Ale which was smooth and delicious. This is another pub that goes on my list of favorites.