The Assembly House

This one requires the tube from central London, but the interior justifies the journey. The Assembly House was built in 1898 by Thorpe and Furniss in a Flemish Renaissance style that most pubs don't even attempt: wrought-iron turret on the corner, elaborate etched mirrors in the back room featuring birds and foliage, cast-iron Ionic columns, and a skylight over what was originally a billiard room. It's Grade II listed and on CAMRA's inventory of historic pub interiors. The Beatles connection is that Lennon lived in north London during the mid-1960s, which puts this in his territory if not on his bar tab. The pub has occupied this site since around 1750.