Foundry Bar, Arbroath

Single-storey, dormer-windowed drinkers' pub with three rooms, that has been in operation since 1861. The small bar retains its original counter with a series of painted panels interspersed with Swan Vesta match-strikers. On top of the counter is a wood gantry some 50 years old that reaches to the ceiling. There is a modest original back gantry on the left; on the right was the former off-sales. The walls retain their original panels and the old fireplace has a lintel with the date 1775. Look for the gauge on the wall from the days when the beer was raised from the cellar to the bar by mains water pressure. The lounge at the rear retains its old panelled walls with bell-pushes at the front; it was extended back in the late 1980s to twice its original size. On the left, two small rooms have been converted to a games room, which retains some old bench seating.