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The Champion, Wells Street

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The Champion, public house
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General information
LocationCity of Westminster, England
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Awards and prizesListed as Grade II by Historic England[1]
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The pub sign in 2009.

The Champion is a 19th-century public house in Wells Street in the Fitzrovia area of the City of Westminster, London. It is notable for the presence of stained glass windows and a snob screen, a Victorian feature preserved to the present day in only a few pubs.[2][3][4]

The building in Grade II listed.[1] It was built around 1860 to 1870 of gault brick with stucco dressings and a slate roof. Historic England comment on its "lively classical detailing".[1] It was refitted by architects John Robson Reid and Sylvia Reid in the 1950s following a competition in Architectural Review.[5]

The stained glass windows in the pub are a more recent feature, and were designed by Ann Sotheran, commissioned by Samuel Smith Old Brewery when they purchased the pub in the 1980s.[4][6] CAMRA's WhatPub guide lists the pub as an outstanding example of restoration.[7]

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  5. ^ The Champion public house, Wells Street, Fitzrovia, London: the bar counter with modern fixtures. RIBApix. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
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