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Heritage Pub

Golden Lion, London

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Operator: Independent
88 Royal College Street, Camden Town, London, NW1 0TH (View on Google Map)

A lovely and popular community pub. Saved from closure in 2013, the licensee and the local community, supported by Camden Council, waged a long campaign to prevent its conversion into flats. This came to its final and excellent conclusion with the sitting tenant buying the pub which he now leases out. Has lovely, tasteful decor complimenting its historical features, mainly its mirrored back bar. A real "back street community boozer".

Darts board and five mins walk from the tube and overground station. Toilets (including disabled access and stair lift) are downstairs. Now operating a fully functional kitchen operated by franchises such as Rack City Ribs from 07/02/2024. The food serving hours we show should be checked with the pub if you are planning a special visit. Listed as an asset of community value (ACV) by Camden Council.

Happy "hour" - a selection of beers (Carlesberg, Ales, Cider), wines and spirits for £3.99 Mon - Fri 3pm-6pm, Sat - Sun Noon-5pm

Historic Interest

Local Camden listing:- Public House on corner of Royal College Street and Pratt Street. Existing building, in red brick with stone dressings, substantially dates to the 1890s. A striking and characterful exterior, with an eclectic mix of architectural styles. It forms a strong focal point in the townscape on its corner site and relates in townscape terms to the residential terraces on Pratt and Royal College Streets.

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Previous Names
Local Authority
Camden
Last updated
20/02/2024
Last surveyed
07/02/2024
Pub ID
NLD/5913
Asset of Community Value

One star - A pub interior of special national historic interest

Listed status: Not listed

The star feature is the Victorian bar back with a scrolly pediment, bevelled mirrors, a dumb waiter, and lots of good detail including two doors with etched glass panes.

A prominent corner-site late Victorian former Hoare & Co, then Charrington’s pub: its name is proclaimed in raised ceramic lettering. The ground floor is now a single space but its original three room layout can easily be traced. Indeed the names of the saloon and private bars are still visible in bright stained glass above doors on the Pratt Street elevation. The latter seems to have been turned into an off-sales judging by the inscription on the door glass possibly in around 1936 (i.e. just after Charrington & Co. bought Hoare's). Part of the screen, with etched glass, separating the private bar/off-sales from what must have been the public bar is still in place, straddling the servery. There is also a panelled bar counter and a chunky Devon marble fireplace.

The public bar seems to have been refitted, probably in the 1950s or 1960s, when the bar back with its Charrington lettering and bar counter (the front is modern) were introduced.

General information about historic pub interiors

A prominent late Victorian former Hoare & Co, then Charrington’s pub on a corner-site: its name is proclaimed in raised ceramic lettering. The ground floor is now a single space but its original tripartite structure can easily be traced. Indeed the names of two of the rooms are still visible in bright stained glass above doors on the Pratt Street elevation – Saloon Bar and Private Bar. The latter seems to have been turned into an off-sales judging by the inscription on the door glass possibly in around 1936 (i.e. just after Charrington & Co. bought Hoare's). Part of the screen, with etched glass, separating the private bar/off-sales from what must have been the public bar is still in place, straddling the servery.

The star feature, though, is the Victorian bar back with a scrolly pediment, bevelled mirrors, a dumb waiter, and lots of good detail including two doors with etched glass panes. There is also a panelled bar counter and a chunky Devon marble fireplace. The public bar seems to have been refitted, probably in the 1950s or 1960s, whence the bar back with its Charrington lettering and ply-panelled bar counter. The upstairs club (formerly billiard) room has another Devon marble fireplace and the nearby gents’ are intact with colourful dado tiling and two urinals.

General information about historic pub interiors
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Monday
3:00pm - 11:00pm
Tuesday
3:00pm - 11:00pm
Wednesday
3:00pm - 11:00pm
Thursday
3:00pm - 11:00pm
Friday
3:00pm - 11:00pm
Saturday
Noon - 11:00pm
Sunday
Noon - 10:30pm
Monday
No Service
Tuesday
No Service
Wednesday
5:00pm - 10:00pm
Thursday
5:00pm - 10:00pm
Friday
5:00pm - 10:00pm
Saturday
1:00pm - 10:00pm
Sunday
1:00pm - 10:00pm
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Current beers

This Pub serves 2 changing beers and 1 regular beer.

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Golden Lion, London

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Changing beers typically include: Butcombe - Butcombe Original , Sambrook's - Pumphouse Pale , St Austell - Tribute

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Facilities
Sports TV Sports TV
Lunchtime Meals Lunchtime Meals
Weekends only no food Mon-Tue
Evening Meals Evening Meals
No food Mon-Tue
Live Music Live Music
Friday nights
Garden Garden
Outside bench seating
Family Friendly Family Friendly
Disabled Access Disabled Access
Dog Friendly Dog Friendly
Events Events
Pub quiz - check their website or F/book for timing - looks like it is on Sundays
Function Room Function Room
Games Games
Darts
Smoking Smoking
Wi Fi Wi Fi
Features
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Transport
Close to bus routes (100m)
Closest station (1100m)
London St Pancras International
Close to London Underground/Overground/DLR (400m)
Camden Road
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