The Bloomsbury Public House

The Bloomsbury Public House is a public house built in 1904 by C Fitzroy Doll, who was the surveyor to the Bedford Estate and the local District Surveyor. It is constructed of red brick with white terracotta decoration and features a slate roof that is hidden behind a parapet, along with massive banded chimney stacks.

The building has four storeys and cellars and is prominently located on a corner site. It is dominated by a two-storey oriel window with a copper dome above the entrance, which has one window facing Shaftesbury Avenue and four windows facing West Central Street. The oriel is made of white terracotta and features substantial mouldings and decorated panels. The other windows above the ground floor have mullion and transom designs, with first-floor windows set in a continuous white surround. The upper windows are linked by bands, and those in the centre of the West Central Street elevation are lowered. The ground floor has been restored with late 20th-century fenestration that includes heraldic glass set in black polished granite surrounds, featuring columns with lion capitals.

Inside, the public house retains Arts and Crafts style fireplaces from 1904 on the ground and first floors. There is an open-well staircase with turned timber balustrades and panelled walls. Some panelling is present in the first-floor bar and at the rear of the ground floor bar, which has an original cornice behind a later bar back, although the bar counter and fixed seating have been renewed in a historicist style.