Lyric

Status: Open
Address: 37 Great Windmill Street, W1D 7LT (streetmap) (osm) (gmap) (bingmap) (streetview)
London borough: City of Westminster
Former name(s): Lyric Tavern
Ham and Windmill [same site]
Windmill and Ham
Ham
Windmill [different site]
Historical parish: St James Westminster
Dates open: by 1739-
rebuilt 1906
Good Beer Guide: 2016-2019
Owner: Punch Taverns [Spirit Group] (former)
Website: Website
Notes: The separate pubs "Ham" and "Windmill" merged around mid-C18. Renamed as the "Windmill and Ham" by 1756, and as the "Lyric Tavern" in 1892.
Photo taken in June 2013
Sources: Open date/Renaming: Survey of London
London Drinker U231
PO 1839/1841/1856/1869/1882 (all as "Ham & Windmill")/1895/1915 (all as "Lyric Tavern")
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