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Old Farmhouse, London

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Operator: First Restaurant Group
289 Kentish Town Road, Kentish Town, London, NW5 2JS (View on Google Map)

April 2025 from their website - "We are excited to announce that we will soon offer charming bedrooms above our pub for a perfect stay in London!"

Reopened in November 2024 - although they now have a website we do not know the opening hours but you will find food menus if not the timing. We have taken the opening hours from Google. Please note the one cask ale on sale can and will vary.

Ham and High reports July 23rd 2024 - Lady Hamilton to reopen as The Old Farmhouse. The new operator - the First Restaurant Group - has a number of venues inc the Oak & Poppy in Hampstead.

https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/24470147.kentish-town-lady-hamilton-reopen-old-farmhouse

https://www.kentishtowner.co.uk/2023/08/02/lady-hamilton-closed-for-good-and-the-story-of-the-victorian-boozer/

We beleive the operatory decided not to renew the lease as business hasn't been good and they had taken quite a hit on trade mainly due to the closure of Kentish Town station for a year.

After a period under the management of the Camden Town Brewery (from Nov 2015) reopened as The Lady Hamilton under the same ownership as the nearby Pineapple and Tapping the Admiral. Two handpumps were installed but cask beer was removed before the pub closed.

From the Camden New Journal, Poppy Wheldon, who manages the pub pub, said: “We wanted to celebrate Lady Emma Hamilton – she was a real Kentish Town celebrity. Men would fall at her feet, and it is great to name a pub after a woman who isn’t a queen. It is the perfect spot for us – exactly between our two other pubs.”

This is as was -

There is an open kitchen which shows the last vestiges of Camden's ownership - white tiles. Elsewhere these tiles have been sensitively replaced to create a much more welcoming pub with the lighting creating a warm atmosphere. The ceiling, dating back to the 1970s, is a nice feature brought to life by the new owners. The decor, especially the framed pictures might best be described as eclectic.

Rebuilt in 1885, it was the Old Farmhouse and then became O'Reillys in 1998, one of the last "Irish pubs" in Camden with a striking old-style interior. This all changed when Camden Town brewery took over.

Historic Interest

Local Camden listing:- Elaborate mid-Late 19th century Public House on the corner of Kentish Town road and Holmes Road. Red brick with stone dressings. Several decorative elements including stone balconies to the front and on canted corner; a plaque on a round headed pediment at roof level on the Kentish town road elevation reads ‘The Old Farm House’, a plaque at first floor level on the flank reads ‘....’ and a .... timber sliding sash windows, and a good Victorian timber shopfront with applied pilasters between the bays and flanking the entrances

Information for this venue is provided by the North London Branch of CAMRA
Previous Names
Lady Hamilton; Camden's Daughter; O'Reillys; Old Farm House
Local Authority
Camden
Last updated
08/04/2025
Last surveyed
10/12/2024
Leasehold owner
First Restaurant Group
Freehold owner
individual
Pub ID
NLD/6098
Asset of Community Value
Sunday
Noon - 10:30pm
Monday
Noon - 11:00pm
Tuesday
Noon - 11:00pm
Wednesday
Noon - 11:00pm
Thursday
Noon - 11:00pm
Friday
Noon - 11:00pm
Saturday
Noon - 11:00pm

Current beers

This Pub serves 1 changing beer and 0 regular beers.

Changing

Changing beers typically include: Butcombe , Wadworth - 6X


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Facilities
Lunchtime Meals Lunchtime Meals
Italian cuisine - takeaways available
Evening Meals Evening Meals
Italian cuisine- takeaways available
Disabled Access Disabled Access
Dog Friendly Dog Friendly
On a lead
Accommodation Accommodation
Seemingly accommodation above
Function Room Function Room
Up to 60
Wi Fi Wi Fi
Features
Real Ale Real Ale
Cask Marque Cask Marque
Transport
Close to bus routes
Nearby Station (200m)
Kentish Town
Close to London Underground/Overground/DLR (150m)
Kentish Town

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