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De Quincey's Bar,
48-50 West Regent Street,
1890,
Alfred Waterhouse.

Originally the Prudential Assurance Building,
De Quincey's Bar occupies the corner of West Regent Street and Renfield Street.

De Quincey lived in a house on the site, this fact being commemorated by a plaque on the exterior of the building.

Occupying a site on the junction of two streets the corner of the building is cut short to provide a narrow facade containing the main entrance and terminated at the top by two flanking towers.

The cafe-bar that bears De Quincey's name is situated in the former business hall.

The decor is very individual, being finished in cream and pale green tiles designed by Burmantoff.

The use of tiled surfaces of the former business hall extend even to the columns that support the arches."

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