The venue has been taken on by LOCI Pubs adding to the 3 they already run in North London. Per their website the place opens at 8am but we do not know from when alcohol may be served. The hours we show are taken from their website. Two unused cask beer pumps.
Taken over by new owner/operators in 2020. They said cask beer should now feature, from the owner, "One definitely, 2 during the winter only as it stands. It’s all depends on sales volume of course and spring summer is not the best time for ales. " We have to assume sales volumes were not godd enough?
From Propel - the pub in Harrow Road has been taken over by Jean-Marin Bolot, who has worked in property and hospitality in the UK and France. The kitchen will be led by head chef Marek Rudnik and offer British pub favourites such as slow-roasted shoulder of lamb and Sunday dinners alongside draught beer, spirits, wine and a bar food menu.
Built in 1837, the pub has undergone an extensive refurbishment but retains features such as open fireplaces, stained-glass windows and the original white marble bar, which stretches across several rooms. The 112-cover, ground-floor space consists of a main bar and dining room, a private bar, and a small bar at the rear for events and parties. The garden and summer house will open in the spring, while 15 guest rooms on the upper floors will be available.
Opposite Kensal Green Cemetery.
Historic Interest
Was a Courage house.
Three star - A pub interior of outstanding national historic importance
Listed status: Not listed
A large inter-war corner pub retaining a lot of its original fittings in four rooms. The large main bar has an interwar fielded panelled bar counter, a dado of interwar fielded panelling, and a 1930s brick fireplace. At the rear on the left is another room with more interwar fielded panelling, and a 1930s brick fireplace.
On the corner is the Nelson Room connected to the main bar by a narrow arch. This has a vestibule from the disused corner door with a “Private Bar’ brass plate on it. There's a quarter circle interwar fielded panelled bar counter with cupboards, and a checkerboard tiled apron around the base. Back fittings comprise a three bay one and a single bay one at right angles, and around the walls is a dado of interwar fielded panelling, and another 1930s brick fireplace.
Beyond the Nelson Room is a red tiled lobby with fielded panelling and at the rear is the Clarence Room which has another quarter circle interwar fielded panelled bar counter with cupboards, a checkerboard tiled apron around the base, and the three-bay bar back is inter-war.
Large corner pub rebuilt in interwar years possibly by Trumans (original pub built 1837). A two-storey and attic building of red brick and stone on the ground floor with impressive chimneys. The fascia has ‘Wines’, ‘London Stout’, ‘Spirits’ and ‘Off Sales’ on the Harrow Road side and ‘Wines’ and ‘Spirits’ and more covered over on the Warfield Road side. Also a curved ‘William IV’ on the corner. Closed in 2014 it has been refurbished and reopened in 2018 with 15 guest rooms. It retains a lot of its original fittings in four rooms.
Front left door has a vestibule and leads into the large Main Bar with a bare wood floor, interwar fielded panelled bar counter with cupboard for servicing beer engines and a marble top added in recent years. The bar back is actually a close copy of the original one and painted a dark grey colour. There is a dado of interwar fielded panelling also painted a dark grey colour and a 1930s brick fireplace. Look for the coloured glass panes in the front windows.
At the rear left there is a wooden wide arch presumed to be interwar through which is another room with more interwar fielded panelling also painted a dark grey colour, and a 1930s brick fireplace. However, the bar counter is modern and there is a return section of the replacement bar back here.
On the corner is the Nelson Room connected to the main bar by a narrow arch cut into the wall in recent times. This has a vestibule from the disused corner door with a “Private Bar’ brass plate on it. On the exterior is an iron gate and a terrazzo floor in the exterior lobby. This small room has a quarter circle interwar fielded panelled bar counter with cupboards, a checkerboard tiled apron around the base, and a marble top added in recent years. There are two bar back fittings – a three bay one and a single bay one at right angles with an wooden lined arch for staff between them. Around the walls is a dado of interwar fielded panelling also painted a dark grey colour and a 1930s brick fireplace.
Beyond the Nelson Room is a red tiled lobby with blue painted fielded panelling and a staircase to the guest rooms on the first floor. The Clarence Room at the rear has another quarter circle interwar fielded panelled bar counter with cupboards, a checkerboard tiled apron around the base, and a marble top added in recent years. The three-bay bar back is from the inter-war period. This larger room with a bare wood floor is available for functions and has a better quality 1930s brick fireplace. The gents here have three interwar urinals but modern tiling.
William, London