The Lamb

This has a Victorian-style interior—although the pub is actually much older—and many associations with the Bloomsbury set; Dickens is also thought to have drunk here (among many other places). Strikingly, its ‘snob screens’ are still in place, there’s a varnished horse-shoe shaped bar, as well as a polyphon (the predecessor to the gramophone) on display. English Heritage describes the pub as “an exceptional piece of `Victoriana'”. It’s a Young’s pub, and its character is beautifully maintained.