Jerusalem Tavern

If you can squeeze your way into this pint-sized Georgian gem, you’re in for a treat, not least of which will be Suffolk brewery St Peter’s fine range of award-winning heritage ales & fruit beers served in tankards, their recipes often dating back many hundreds of years. The Jerusalem is the focal point of a classic Clerkenwell terrace, its elegant ochre framed windows & Doric pillars going back to 1810. The interior is a series of jolly tiled parlours & nooks, lit by low winter sunshine, & feels like a scene from a Trollope or Hardy novel. Originally a watchmaker’s house, the understated elegance of this exquisite timepiece would be familiar to former patrons, Handel, Hogarth & Garrick.