snob screen

{{Short description|Device found in some British public houses of the Victorian era}}

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File:Snob screens in The Lamb.JPG in Bloomsbury]]

A snob screen is a device found in some British public houses of the Victorian era. Usually installed in sets, they comprise an etched glass pane in a movable wooden frame and were intended to allow middle class drinkers to see working class drinkers in an adjacent bar, but not to be seen by them,{{Cite book |publisher=CAMRA Books |isbn=978-1-85249-304-2 |last=Brandwood |first=Geoff |title=Britain's Best Real Heritage Pubs |date=2013 }} and to be undisturbed by the bar staff.{{cite web|url=http://beerlens.com/2009/08/30/snob-screens/|title=Snob Screens|work=Beer Lens |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222103812/http://beerlens.com/2009/08/30/snob-screens/ |archive-date=2015-12-22}}

Pubs with surviving snob screens include:

• The Bartons Arms, Birmingham
• Bunch of Grapes, London SW3{{cite web|url=http://www.heritagepubs.org.uk/pubs/national-inventory-entry.asp?PubID=2084 |title=Bunch of Grapes |work=Historic Pub Interiors|publisher=Campaign for Real Ale |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222103416/http://www.heritagepubs.org.uk/pubs/national-inventory-entry.asp?PubID=2084 |archive-date=2015-12-22}}
• The Champion, Wells Street, London W1{{Cite web |first= |date=February 24, 2021 |title=The Champion |url=http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-champion |access-date=2024-04-20 |website=Atlas Obscura }}
• Crown, London N1{{cite web|url=http://www.heritagepubs.org.uk/pubs/national-inventory-entry.asp?PubID=2029|title=Crown|work=Historic Pub Interiors|publisher=Campaign for Real Ale |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222113913/http://www.heritagepubs.org.uk/pubs/national-inventory-entry.asp?PubID=2029 |archive-date=2015-12-22}}
• The Crown and Greyhound, Dulwich Village London (the screens have been re-sited){{cite web|url=http://www.heritagepubs.org.uk/pubs/national-inventory-entry.asp?PubID=10111|title=Crown & Greyhound|work=Historic Pub Interiors|publisher=Campaign for Real Ale |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222113913/http://www.heritagepubs.org.uk/pubs/national-inventory-entry.asp?PubID=10111 |archive-date=2015-12-22}}
• The Gate, London N22{{cite web|url=http://www.heritagepubs.org.uk/pubs/national-inventory-entry.asp?PubID=2035|title=The Gate|work=Historic Pub Interiors|publisher=Campaign for Real Ale |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222113913/http://www.heritagepubs.org.uk/pubs/national-inventory-entry.asp?PubID=2035 |archive-date=2015-12-22}}
• John Leslie's, Ratcliffe Terrace, Edinburgh
• The Lamb, Bloomsbury, London
• Nova Scotia, Bristol{{cite book|last1=Stapley|first1=Fiona|title=Good Pub Guide 2016|date=2015|publisher=Random House|isbn=9781473527492|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kCIrCQAAQBAJ&q=Snob+screen+pub+Bristol&pg=PT1141}}{{cite web|title=Nova Scotia|url=http://www.thegoodpubguide.co.uk/pub/view/Nova-Scotia-BS1-6XJ|publisher=The Good Pub Guide |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222083220/http://www.thegoodpubguide.co.uk/pub/view/Nova-Scotia-BS1-6XJ |archive-date=2015-12-22 }}
• Posada, Wolverhampton{{cite web|url=http://www.heritagepubs.org.uk/pubs/national-inventory-entry.asp?PubID=10111|title=Posada, Wolverhampton|work=Historic Pub Interiors |publisher=Campaign for Real Ale |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222090308/http://www.heritagepubs.org.uk/pubs/national-inventory-entry.asp?PubID=10111 |archive-date=2015-12-22}}
• Prince Alfred, Maida Vale, London
• Princess Louise, Holborn, London