Occupying a corner of the Savoy Buildings, The Coal Hole is claimed to have once been the coal cellar of the Savoy Hotel, or once a notorious hangout of thirsty heavy-drinking coal heavers. It was also a ‘song and supper club’, and one of the preeminent English actors of Shakespearian tragedy, Edmund Kean, started the Wolves’ Club here, for husbands whose wives would not let them sing in the bath. Gilbert and Sullivan operas were performed here in Edwardian times. The current pub, another fine example of the Nicholson’s chain, was built very near to its predecessor, and dates to 1904, which explains its superb Art Nouveau interior. It also has a gallery overlooking the main ground-floor bar, and a cellar bar.