Shaftesbury

Status: Closed and demolished
Address: 93 Shaftesbury Avenue, W1D (streetmap) (osm) (gmap) (bingmap) (streetview)
London borough: City of Westminster
Former name(s): Hicks' Tavern [same site]
Hicks' Coffee House
Former address: 55 King Street (pre-rebuilding)
Historical parish: St Anne Soho
Dates open: by 1839-c1958
rebuilt 1880s demolished c1958
Owner: Wenlock Brewery (former)
Notes: King Street was demolished for the construction of Shaftesbury Avenue in the 1880s. The pub was renamed as the "Shaftesbury" upon rebuilding, by 1889. This site was later the "Columbia Theatre", now the "Curzon Soho" cinema.
Sources: Owner: Brewery History Society
OS 1873
PO 1839 (as "Hicks' Coffee House")/1841 (as "Old Hicks")/1856 (as "Hicks's Coffee House")/1869 (as "Hick's Tavern")/1882 (as "Hicks' Tavern")/1895 (as "Shaftesbury")/1915 (as "Shaftesbury")
References: MS 11936/571/1341071 (as "Hicks Coffee House")
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