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The pub’s story
The Roseburn Bar is one of the few Edinburgh pubs where the old compartmented plan still makes sense as soon as you walk in. Historic Environment Scotland records the original counter, timber and glazed partitions, decorative columns, etched panes and mirrors. CAMRA gives the interior its top Three Star rating. The pub's own history page dates drinking here to the 1880s and calls the three numbered sections traps. Customers once collected beer to take away at the small jug bar. The room has not stood still: CAMRA says the main gantry was raised in 1990, and parts of the lounge and Fly Half Bar are modern. What survives is still exceptional. Order a drink, move between the traps, and notice how the screens create several small pub experiences inside one high-ceilinged room.
What to notice
- 01
Look for the numbered traps and the glazed partitions that still divide the public bar.
- 02
Find the small jug bar, once used by customers collecting beer to take home.
- 03
The main gantry was raised in 1990, so the room mixes important early fittings with later alterations.
The time rail
The building, the pub and its interior may date from different periods. The timeline keeps documented dates separate from tradition.
The present tenement and public-house frontage were formed in the later nineteenth century.
The operator dates pub use on the site to the 1880s.
A bar counter, glazed partitions, columns, etched panes and mirrors survive from the traditional layout.
Three numbered drinking compartments continued the local trap-room arrangement.
The operator says the bar gantry was raised during alterations.
The building was listed at Category C as LB48914.
CAMRA records the pub as runner-up in its Edinburgh Pub of the Year competition.
Sources & confidence
Historic Environment Scotland establishes the later nineteenth-century building, Category C listing and surviving counter, partitions, columns, etched glass and mirrors. CAMRA separately gives the interior its top Three Star rating, records the altered gantry and identifies modern work in the lounge and Fly Half Bar. The venue's history page is the source for the 1880s date and the local term traps, so those points remain operator-attributed. The official site supplies current contact details and hours. CAMRA lists a different Thursday closing time, which is why the app uses the dated first-party schedule and discloses the conflict.
Research reviewed
- The Roseburn BarThe Roseburn Barofficial
SupportsCurrent name, address, telephone, opening hours, drinks, events and visitor information.
- HistoryThe Roseburn Barofficial
SupportsOperator account of the pub since the 1880s, numbered drinking traps, jug service and later interior changes.
- 1 Roseburn Terrace, Roseburn Bar (LB48914)Historic Environment Scotlandheritage
SupportsCategory C listing, later nineteenth-century building, surviving bar fittings, partitions, columns, glass and mirrors.
- Roseburn Bar, EdinburghCampaign for Real Alespecialist
SupportsCurrent specialist venue record, nationally outstanding historic interior assessment, facilities, telephone and a differing hours schedule.
- Roseburn Bar map searchOpenStreetMapappearance
SupportsCurrent mapped position and street context at the corner of Roseburn Terrace.
