The Admiralty is a pub at 66

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, London. It is the only pub situated on the square. The

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building was built in 1871 by the architect F. W. Porter for the Union Bank. It was

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at Grade II in 1987, by which time it was a branch of the

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. In 2005 the building became Albannach (from the Gaelic for "Scot" or "Scottish"), a restaurant which specialised in Scottish food and

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. It was founded by Niall Barnes, a

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entrepreneur. To celebrate their first

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, the head chef, John Paul McLachlan, created a special haggis using a rare and expensive 50-year-old

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malt whisky. In 2014 the building was acquired by Fuller's Brewery. It re-opened as the Admiralty pub on 23 October of that year, two days after

Trafalgar Day Trafalgar Day is the celebration of the victory won by the Royal Navy, commanded by Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, over the combined French and Spanish fleets at the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805. History The formation of the Navy Leag ...

. The opening was performed by Admiral Lord West of Spithead, who had been

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from 2002 to 2006, and by the brewery's chief executive Simon Emeny. During the opening a magnum of London Pride beer was ceremonially smashed on the pub's exterior. The pub's interior decor is inspired by ,

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's flagship at the

Battle of Trafalgar The Battle of Trafalgar (21 October 1805) was a naval engagement between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navies during the War of the Third Coalition (August–December 1805) of the Napoleonic Wars (180 ...

. On 13th July 2022 a serious fire broke out in the basement of the Admiralty, over 100 Firefighters and 20 Fire Engines were dispatched to tackle the fire.

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* {{Pubs in London Grade II listed pubs in the City of Westminster Trafalgar Square Fuller's pubs