Bath Street Pony

Location: Glasgow, Scotland

Client: Scott Hurst

Type: Commercial | Completed: 2009

Materials: Beech and Elm

Features: Award for Scotland’s Best New Bar at the Dram Scottish Licensed Trade Awards 2010

Our client’s brief:

Paul Hodgkiss’ collaboration with Scott Hurst began in 1995 with the Monkey Bar on Sauchiehall Street and went on to shape some of Glasgow’s most iconic hospitality interiors. In the demanding world of bars and nightclubs, durability is essential, with furniture and surfaces enduring constant use. Paul’s choice of robust Scottish hardwoods, combined with his distinctive design style, proved the perfect solution.

For Bath Street Pony, Scott had a clear vision: a space with private, intimate areas and the lively buzz he’d admired in New York. Paul responded with a unique timber screening system that created privacy without sacrificing light or atmosphere. Using beech and elm in a random, refracted frame, the result was a striking and entirely original feature that set the tone for the bar.

The project earned Bath Street Pony the title of Scotland’s Best New Bar at the Dram Scottish Licensed Trade Awards 2010. Celebrated for its style, innovation, and originality, judges praised it as “something out of the ordinary.” Quirky details such as the logo embedded in tables, digital artwork, and Paul’s award-winning furniture combined to create a venue that was both memorable and innovative.