The Crown is a pub in Covent Garden, London, at 43 Monmouth Street facing on to Seven Dials and Short's Gardens.
The pub was established in 1833. The ceramic tiling outside is original.
It was known as The Clock House in the time of Charles Dickens, when it was a "hot bed of villainy", in an area well known for prostitutes and pickpockets.
The pub is part of the Taylor Walker pub chain.
References
- ^ "Crown in Covent Garden". taylor-walker.co.uk. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
- "The Crown – Seven Dials, London". sevendials.co.uk. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
- Richard Jones (2004). Walking Dickensian London. New Holland Publishers. pp. 93–94. ISBN 978-1-84330-483-8.
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