...beautiful Art Nouveau pub... re-opened an rejuvenated
	COAL HOLE	LONDON WC2R 0DW	91 Strand
	The Coal Hole occupies a corner of the Savoy Building, designed by Thomas Collcutt. The theme of stone, dark wood and leaded light windows , carries on into the street level bar. The ceiling is very high with heavy black beams. Hanging banners suggest something medieval,but no, it was decorated in 1904. Under the mock beams is a beautiful marble frieze of wistful maidens picking vines. Beside the bar, in a corner, is a magnificent fireplace, heavily decorated with reliefs of vines.	New lighting has brought to life the pubs wonderful features. The gallery, converted from an office, is a good vantage point from which to view the friezes. The rare art nouveau decor was a brief interlude between the brashness of the late Victorian gin palaces and mega-pubs, and a new sentimental movement which was to favour the fake "ye olde inn", harking back to more wholesome times. The cellar bar is open in the evenings and has its own entrance in the Strand.
			OPEN Mon-Sat 11.00-23.00 Sun 12.00-18.00 Wine Bar 18.00-23.00 Thurs-Sat TEL 020 7379 9883 TUBE Charing Cross Credit Cards - All except DC
			FOOD Bar 12.00-21.00 Sundays until 17:00
			BEER Adnams, Bass London Pride