The Kings Stores - Widegate Street, London, UK
N 51° 31.084 W 000° 04.668
30U E 702737 N 5711487
This 1902 build is a pub today and was also built as a pub. It stands at the corner of Sandy's Row and Widegate Street a few minutes walk to the east of Liverpool Street station.
Waymark Code: WMF9ZP
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/17/2012
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The building was built as 'The Kings Stores' as attested to
by the name being carved in stone, again at roof level, at the corner of the
building and at mid-height, and again carved in stone, on the Sandy's Row
frontage.
The City Pubs website [visit link] tells
us:
"The Kings Stores is located at the end of Widegate
Street at the corner with Sandy's Row, and despite it not having an EC postcode
it does just squeeze inside the City boundary. The pub is located on the ground
floor (with a function room upstairs) of rather a beautiful building dating to
around 1900. Venturing in, you might well expect to find a lovely
tradition pub, but you will not, Greene King has followed a modern theme.
Brightly painted walls, an abundance of bright lights, wooden seating and
floors, all of which go to make this one of the nosiest pubs in the City, you
really do need to shout to be heard. I settled for the IPA, which was of
good quality, which you would expect from a pub which holds the Cask Marque
accreditation."