A WETHERSPOONS pub in Britain’s busiest train station has been raved about as being one of the most beautiful in the UK.
Hamilton Hall is built in the former ballroom of the old Great Eastern Hotel at London Liverpool Street Station.
Named after Great Eastern Railway Company Lord Claud Hamilton, it became a Wetherspoons in 1991.
It was both the first central London Wetherspoons and the first in a train station.
While the hotel itself is still open – you can stay at what is now the Andaz London Liverpool Street for £260 a night – many of the original features remain in the pub.
This includes the ornate mouldings and frescos, as well as the celling decorations, and artwork.
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Previous punters have raved about the pub, saying it didn’t feel like a Wetherspoons.
One person wrote: “This is the most stunning building. Feels like a very expensive hotel with Wetherspoons prices!”
Another agreed: “Many of the original features have been kept and so you have the feel of dining in a rather grand place.”
Someone even said it felt like “drinking in a room in a country house manor,” while others said it was like “stepping back in time”.
The pub is popular both with tourists waiting for a train as well as football fans heading to games.
One traveller simply said: “A Wetherspoons like no other.”
There are a number of other stunning Wetherspoons around the UK which have converted former theatres, banks and cinemas.
Another beautiful Wetherspoons pub is found in Folkestone, with the Samuel Peto built in a former chapel.
There’s also the Art Picture House in Manchester, originally built in 1922 as a theatre and cinema.
The Knight’s Templar in London was called the most beautiful in the world, but has since sadly closed and been taken over by someone else.
Here are some of the other prettiest Wetherspoons in the UK.