Speedwell Bar, Dundee (Mennies)

This pub has one of the finest intact Edwardian pub interiors in the country. The original mahogany multi-bay back gantry faces two ways at right angles and holds some 160 single malt whiskies. Mennie's, named after the family that ran the pub for 50 years, was built in 1903 by architects John Bruce & Son for William Speed & Sons in the ground floor of a four-storey tenement building.

The bar is split into two by a low, part-glazed screen with a door in the middle. The L-shaped mahogany bar counter has three other short glazed partitions attached. The bar has dado panelled walls and a decorative Anaglypta Jacobean ceiling which has originally painted red but has been changed to white following the introduction of the smoking ban in Scotland. It retains its original fireplace, good cornice work, a pargetted frieze and a bell-push.

On the left side are two sitting rooms with a glazed screen between them. They both have original dado panelling, fireplaces and some bell pushes, but the seating is modern. The vestibule entrance, doors and partitions have etched glass panels, a number of which are original. Even the toilets retain their original large Shanks 'Odourless' urinals, original cistern, white tiled walls and mosaic floor.