You may be thinking that this grandiose and ornate pub has nothing to do on a quiet Residential street like this one. Both in style and function, it seems far better suited to Marylebone Station half a mile down the road. What kind of crazy Victorian businessman would expect any footfall in such an isolated location for the time? How observant of you! your concerns couldn’t be more relevant!
Back in 1898, Frank Crocker built the place, having been told from a seemingly good source that this would be the site of a brand-new Railway terminus for the Great Central Railway. Unfortunately for Crocker, the source wasn’t so good after all, and Marylebone station was built 500 meters down the road. Thankfully the pub has now been renovated, and thanks to the powers of urban densification and modern marketing methods, it is now in full operation as a Lebanese restaurant with housing on the upper floors!
