Situated close to the Hot Walls, Square and Round Towers (some of the city's oldest fortifications), the pub takes its name from the 'sally port' - the gate in the old sea wall. The inn was created in 1947 from a residence dating back to the 1600s that was severly damaged in WWII - along with the nearby Royal Garrison Church. The building is shared with an antique shop specialising in militaria and several examples of this are on display in the bar. Opposite the pub is Portsmouth's Anglican cathedral which has in its collection a piece of Lord Nelson's flag from HMS Victory amongst other things. Pub is table service only.
Grade II listed, according to the pub's website it is frame built from oaken timbers of the period as well as more modern timbers from 19th century wooden-tall ships. The building surrounds a cantilever staircase, the backbone of the stairwell being a ship's top spar about 40' long. This can be seen in various floors and is rumoured to come from a 1798 frigate 'Penelope'.
In 1956 the pub briefly hit the headlines following the disappearance of Cdr. Lionel 'Buster' Crabb RN who was staying at the hotel. The security classification of the documents has been extended until 2057 but it follows the visit of Soviet leaders Marshal Bulganin and Nikita Khrushchev onboard a Russian cruiser which the Admiralty was very interested in. This was also the inspiration for part of Ian Fleming's James Bond novel 'Thunderball'. For more details, see the pub's website.
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