Frews Bar, 117 Strathmartine Road

Frews Bar, located at 117 Strathmartine Road, is a public house built in 1915 by H and F Thomson, featuring contributions from wood carver Alex Fair and joiner John Scott. The bar showcases an impressive Art Deco style from 1934. It occupies the ground floor of a four-storey tenement on a prominent corner site and retains its original metal windows, which include leaded coloured glass and etched glass.

The exterior is constructed from squared and snecked rubble with raised lugged margins and quoin strips, featuring bracketed cills on the Strathmartine Road elevation. The building has an eaves course and notable shouldered wallhead stacks. The ground floor bar has 'FREWS' displayed in plain lettering on the fascia. The main entrance is located in the narrow canted corner bay to the northwest, with two large windows on the right side facing Strathmartine Road and one window on the left side facing Moncur Crescent. Each window features coloured leaded glass depicting a plough, flanked by thistles in the three lower lights, with 'FREWS' etched in the centre light above. The north elevation on Moncur Crescent includes an outer left door and a 15-pane window etched with 'FREWS' and Art Deco chevrons. There is an additional door on the west elevation facing Strathmartine Road. The upper floors of the tenement have regular fenestration, with four bays on the west side, five bays on the north side, and single windows in the canted corner bay.

Inside, the bar features a well-detailed interior with three distinct bars. The large public bar, primarily from 1915, includes timber panelling, moulded cornices, and an anaglypta ceiling. The back gantry has some additions but retains original bevelled mirror panels. A large inglenook fireplace features carved details on the frieze, incorporating crossed long stem pipes flanked by tobacco jars, with an inscription on the back. The Art Deco 'Sporting' bar, dating from 1934, retains panelled walls, a copper-fronted quarter-circle bar, a counter front and back gantry, a fireplace, and fixed seating with tables. There is also an inter-war lounge bar with timber-panelled walls, brass bell-pushes, and a later counter.