Today the Lamb and Flag on the fringe of Leeds city centre is a charming gastropub.
The inn, on Church Row, is every bit the great modern British drinking establishment. It has well-kept cask ales, including top brews by its owner Leeds Brewery, and it does a terrific Sunday lunch. The Lamb and Flag also has a sheltered beer garden overlooking the yard of Leeds Minster.
One thing that isn't modern is the building itself, composed of old red bricks, which were freed from behind a wall of less attractive plaster cladding when the listed building was brought back to life in 2015. To adapt a cliché, if the bricks in these walls could talk they wouldn't shut up.
