London's Most Historic Wetherspoons Pubs

I haven't covered any Wetherspoons pubs until now on this channel, because they're mostly modern conversions, and this is a channel about historic pubs... but am I missing out? In this video I take a tour of what I think are the five most interesting looking Wetherspoons pubs in central London. Although none of them have been pubs for more than about 30 years, the former lives of the premises they now occupy often have interesting histories to talk about, and some have surprisingly beautiful interiors.

References / links to research materials for all the various pubs below.

Metropolitan Bar
https://www.jdwetherspoon.com/pubs/al...
https://whatpub.com/pubs/NLD/5962/met...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilter...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro-L...)

Montagu Pyke
https://www.jdwetherspoon.com/pubs/al...
https://whatpub.com/pubs/WLD/16023/mo...
https://pubshistory.com/LondonPubs/So...
https://thebioscope.net/2008/11/19/th...
https://cinematreasures.org/theaters/...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquee...

Shakespeare's Head
https://www.jdwetherspoon.com/pubs/al...
https://whatpub.com/pubs/WLD/16022/sh...
https://historicengland.org.uk/listin...
https://ornamentalpassions.blogspot.c...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martins...
https://www.martinsbank.co.uk/11-20-5...

Crosse Keys
https://www.jdwetherspoon.com/pub-his...
https://ocrpubs.camra.org.uk/pubs/46
https://whatpub.com/pubs/ELC/14904/cr...
https://historicengland.org.uk/listin...

Hamilton Hall
https://www.jdwetherspoon.com/pubs/al...
https://whatpub.com/pubs/ELC/14811/ha...
https://ocrpubs.camra.org.uk/pubs/45
https://historicengland.org.uk/listin...
https://knowyourlondon.wordpress.com/...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%B4...

Copyright notices:
Exterior image of Martins Bank © Barclays, Courtesy of Martins Bank Archive. Other images of Martins Bank © Martins Bank Archive collections. Used with kind permission from Martins Bank Archive.

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:58 Metropolitan Bar
5:38 Montagu Pyke
9:36 Shakespeare's Head
12:47 Crosse Keys
17:08 Hamilton Hall
21:38 Outro