Oxford Street, London. This beautiful pub located near the Tottenham Court Road tube station is the last remaining pub on Oxford Street and is on the CAMRA National Inventory of Historic Interiors. There has been a pub on this site since the 1700s, with the current building rebuilt in 1892/93 by architects Saville and Martin (who also designed the Punch Tavern). It sits on the crossroads of St. Giles Circus, which until the 15th century was a slum and the location of a gallows where prisoners were kept in a large metal cage. After over a century as the Tottenham, it has now reverted to its former name. As "The Tottenham" it is a recurring location in the Cormoran Strike novels by Robert Galbraith (the pseudonym for author J.K. Rowling)

The exterior is done in a Flemish Renaissance style. The interior is a long single space, the result of an amalgamation of two rooms from the original Victorian pub. There are two distinct parts to the ceiling - the front has a modest frieze, the rear has a tiled frieze and a skylight. The walls on three sides above the dado have carved mahogany pilastered paneling and an impressive display of paintings and back painted mirrors. The rear section of the bar has some of the most exceptional and rare Victorian pub fittings anywhere. The paintings and ceiling panels were done by Flemish artist Felix De Jong, a leading musical hall decorative artist. I enjoyed a new beer to me - Maverick Limited Edition American IPA. If you are travelling through Tottenham Court Road Station I highly recommend a stop here.