Ye Olde Mitre Public House

Ye Olde Mitre Public House is a public house dating from around 1773, with early 20th-century internal remodelling and a late 20th-century extension at the rear. It is constructed of stock brick and has a Welsh slate roof. The layout features front and back bars separated by a central servery, with a small snug off the back bar.

The exterior is three storeys high plus an attic. The ground-floor frontage includes a glazed timber screen and a central window with 18 square lights. A right-hand doorway is blocked and framed by flat pilasters with Corinthian capitals, while a blocked doorway or hatch is to the left. The entablature has a dentil cornice. On the first floor, there are two 6/6 horned sash windows with 2-light casements under cambered heads, and a timber and glass front with a door leading to the southern part of the left-hand return. The second floor has two blind windows. A two-storey wing on the left features three-light Tudor style windows on the ground floor.

Inside, the ground-floor bar areas have extensive panelling, likely from a 1920s refurbishment, along with panelled bar counters in both bars and Tudor style fireplaces. There is a skylight over the rear part of the back bar, and a corner of the front bar near the entrance is glazed to reveal the trunk of what is believed to be a cherry tree, which marks the boundary of properties held by the Bishop of Ely and Sir Christopher Hatton. The walls of the staircase are covered with wide, horizontally laid panels that may date back to the late 18th century. The front upstairs room was refitted for public use around 1990.

Historically, The Mitre Tavern is believed to have been founded in 1546 for the servants of the Bishop of Ely's London house. The site and adjacent properties in Ely Place were cleared after the Crown took over the area in 1772. This public house retains its early 20th-century plan and fittings almost entirely intact.