Clep Bar, Dundee

Behind the simple single-storey exterior is a truly superb survival. It was built for Thomas Fitzpatrick, spirit dealer in 1940-1 and was probably designed by J. MacLellan Brown, the city architect,. The dating is very unusual since pub-building generally came to an abrupt full-stop with the outbreak of war. The layout of public bar, lounge, and jug and bottle is just as it was originally. There are working bell-pushes in all three rooms and the those in the lounge are still responded to with table service. The public bar is U-shaped around a tiled fireplace with the toilets behind (note the amazingly narrow entrance doors). It has three-quarter-height panelled walls throughout, the original bar counter and back gantry. The fixed bench seating has a number of solid wooden dividers and the tables are original. The totally unaltered small lounge has partitions forming seating bays, more panelling and leaded windows including one advertising 'Bernard’s Edinburgh Ales'. Wood-panelled passages with terrazzo floor into both the public bar and the off-sales on the right, which is still open except in cold weather.