Comptons of Soho

Comptons Of Soho during London Gay Pride 2010

Comptons of Soho is a gay pub in London. Situated at 51-53 Old Compton Street in the heart of Soho's 'Gay village', Comptons has been an integral part of London's gay scene since June 1986.

History

The building was designed by architects W. A. Williams and Hopton and was built as The Swiss Hotel in 1890. Williams and Hopton exhibited their design for the Swiss Hotel in 1890 at the Royal Academy. An illustration of the original building was published in "The Builder" of 25 October 1890 ^[1]

By the 1950s the Swiss Hotel had been renamed to "The Swiss Tavern" and was known as "not entirely straight".^[2] By 1986 the Swiss Tavern had been renovated and renamed to "Comptons Of Soho" as a gay bar.^[3] In November 2006 it celebrated its twentieth anniversary, at which time, QX Magazine referred to it as "The Grand Dame of Queer Street".^[4]

Comptons is a large, Victorian styled pub with two bars. The ground floor bar is a horse-shoe bar and it attracts a varied gay male crowd, including many tourists. Upstairs, there is a lounge area.

As of August 2015, it is operated by the Faucet Inn pub company.^[5]

References

↑ The Builder, 22 February 1890, p. 145; Royal Academy Catalogue, 1890, no. 1891.
↑ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/20110715142835/http://www.qxmagazine.com/pdf/backissues/qx596.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2010. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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↑ "Locations". Faucet Inn. Retrieved 14 August 2015.

Soho and Chinatown

Streets	Berwick Street Brewer Street Broadwick Street Carnaby Street Dean Street Frith Street Ganton Street Great Marlborough Street Great Windmill Street Greek Street Meard Street Old Compton Street St Anne's Court Walker's Court Wardour Street

Parks and open spaces	Golden Square Soho Square St Anne's Churchyard

Theatres	Apollo Theatre Gielgud Theatre London Palladium Palace Theatre Prince Edward Theatre Queen's Theatre Soho Theatre

Pubs	Admiral Duncan Coach and Horses Comptons De Hems French House Pillars of Hercules

Churches	French Protestant Church Notre Dame de France St Anne's Church St Patrick's Church

Industries	Media and post-production

History	Broad Street cholera outbreak Parish of St Anne Parish of St James

Pubs in London

Barking and Dagenham	Eastbrook, Dagenham

Barnet	The Alexandra, New Barnet‎ Mitre Inn, Chipping Barnet The Old Bull and Bush The Red Lion, Chipping Barnet Rising Sun, Mill Hill Spaniards Inn

Bexley	Black Prince, Bexley

Brent	Windermere, South Kenton

Bromley	The Daylight Inn, Petts Wood

Camden	Assembly House, Kentish Town The Black Cap Black Lion, Kilburn Bull & Gate Camden Head Cittie of Yorke Devonshire Arms The Duke of York, Fitzrovia Dublin Castle, Camden The Flask, Hampstead The Flask, Highgate George and Dragon, Fitzrovia The Holly Bush, Hampstead The Magdala Museum Tavern Old Red Lion, Holborn Old White Bear Ye Olde Mitre The Pineapple, Kentish Town Princess Louise, Holborn The Punch Tavern Rising Sun, Fitzrovia Ship Tavern, Holborn The Tipperary Upper Flask Viaduct Tavern The Washington, Belsize Park The Washington, Hampstead Wells Tavern, Hampstead The Wheatsheaf, Fitzrovia The Winchester, Highgate The World's End, Camden The Yorkshire Grey former Jack Straw's Castle, Hampstead

Ealing	The Drayton Court Duke of Kent, Ealing The Forester, Ealing The Fox Inn, Hanwell Kings Arms, Hanwell former Half-Way House, West Ealing

Greenwich	Cutty Sark, Greenwich Hare and Billet Kings Arms, Woolwich The Mitre, Greenwich Sun in the Sands

Hackney	Army and Navy, Stoke Newington George and Dragon, Shoreditch The Joiners Arms

Hammersmith and Fulham	Aragon House Black Lion, Hammersmith Blue Anchor, Hammersmith The Cock, Fulham The Dove, Hammersmith Duke of Cumberland, Fulham Eight Bells, Fulham The George, Hammersmith Golden Lion, Fulham The Hop Poles Hope and Anchor, Hammersmith The King's Head, Fulham Laurie Arms Queen's Head, Brook Green Salutation, Hammersmith The Swan, Hammersmith Temperance Billiard Hall, Fulham The White Horse, Fulham former The Favourite former Seven Stars, West Kensington

Haringey	Great Northern Railway, Hornsey Queens, Crouch End The Salisbury

Harrow	The Castle, Harrow Queen's Head, Pinner Seven Balls

Hillingdon	Black Horse, Eastcote Case is Altered, Eastcote Crown and Treaty The Crown, Cowley Queen's Head, Uxbridge Red Lion, Hillingdon The Shovel, Cowley Three Tuns, Uxbridge

Hounslow	Bull's Head, Strand-on-the-Green Coach and Horses, Isleworth George and Devonshire London Apprentice, Isleworth Mawson Arms Old Packhorse Rose and Crown, Isleworth The Tabard, Chiswick Three Horseshoes, Southall

Islington	The Angel, Islington Flying Scotsman, Kings Cross The Hope and Anchor, Islington The Island Queen The Old Queens Head The Wenlock Arms

Kensington and Chelsea	Chelsea Potter Coleherne, Earls Court Crocker's Folly The Cross Keys, Chelsea Drayton Arms, Earls Court Elgin, Ladbroke Grove Fitzroy Tavern Fox and Pheasant The Goat, Kensington The Grenadier The Hansom Cab Hollywood Arms, Chelsea The King's Head and Eight Bells The Marquis of Clanricarde The Marquis of Granby Newman Arms The Old Shades The Phene The Punch Bowl, Mayfair Scarsdale Tavern Swan & Edgar, Marylebone Zetland Arms

Kingston upon Thames	Druid's Head, Kingston upon Thames

Newham	Boleyn Tavern Earl of Essex, Manor Park King Edward VII, Stratford Spotted Dog, Forest Gate

Richmond upon Thames	Britannia, Richmond The Bull's Head, Barnes Hare and Hounds, Sheen Old Ship, Richmond Sun Inn, Barnes White Cross, Richmond The White Swan, Twickenham former Dysart Arms

Southwark	Anchor Bankside Dog and Duck, St George's Fields The George Inn, Southwark Half Moon, Herne Hill Herne Tavern The Roebuck The Shipwrights Arms The Tabard The Wheatsheaf

Tower Hamlets	The Blind Beggar Charlie Brown's, Limehouse George Tavern Golden Heart, Spitalfields The Grapes The Pride of Spitalfields Prospect of Whitby The Royal Oak, Bethnal Green Ten Bells Town of Ramsgate The Widow's Son, London former The Joiners Arms

Wandsworth	Bricklayer's Arms, Putney The Duke's Head, Putney The Grapes, Wandsworth Green Man, Putney The Half Moon, Putney King's Head, Roehampton King's Head, Tooting Montague Arms Spread Eagle, Wandsworth The White Lion, Putney former The Alchemist, Battersea‎

City of Westminster	The Admiral Duncan The Albert Argyll Arms Candy Bar Carlton Tavern, Kilburn Coach and Horses, Soho Coal Hole, Strand The Colony Room Comptons of Soho De Hems The French House, Soho George and Vulture The Harp Nell Gwynne Tavern The Only Running Footman Paxtons Head Pillars of Hercules, Soho Prince Alfred, Maida Vale Sun and 13 Cantons PS Tattershall Castle The Tottenham Two Chairmen The Warrington, Maida Vale Warwick Castle, Maida Vale The Sherlock Holmes White Lion, Covent Garden The Wilton Arms former Lord High Admiral, Pimlico former The Scots Hoose former The Star, St John’s Wood former Yorkshire Stingo

City of London	The Black Friar, Blackfriars East India Arms Hand and Shears Hoop and Grapes, Aldgate Jamaica Wine House Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Ye Olde Cock Tavern Swan Inn former Bell Savage Inn former The Fortune of War Public House former White Hart, Bishopsgate

Miscellaneous	Boar's Head Inn

See also	List of award-winning pubs in London

Category

Coordinates: 51°30′45″N 0°07′57″W / 51.5126°N 0.1326°W / 51.5126; -0.1326

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