Characterful multi-roomed back street pub with 2 bars. In the War Office the plaque states that that is where the locals discussed the Boer War. There are pictures of John Lennon in the public bar showing him outside the pub, from the time he attended the nearby Art college. Other street drawings and one room is used as a gallery by local artists. The door to Rice St is etched with Houldings Beacon Ales, John Houlding was the brewer who founded Liverpool and another local football club.