White plaque № 49488

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# White Plaque № 49488: The Argyll Arms Standing before 18 Argyll Street in Soho, you're looking at a pub that has served as a mirror to London's evolving social anxieties for nearly three centuries. When Robert Sawyer undertook his radical 1895 redesign, he didn't merely update the interior—he phy...

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18 Argyll St, Soho, London W1F 7TP

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THE ARGYLL ARMS The Argyll Arms was originally constructed in 1740 and opened two years later. Around 1895 the designer Robert Sawyer remodelled the interior in keeping with the new vogue for privacy creating snug areas to separate the different social classes. Having survived the Blitz, the Argyll Arms still retains its original mahogany screen, bar counter, back bar, panelling and mirrors.