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The building dates back to about 1585, though possibly not originally a pub, it is soaked in history, housed in a charming grade II listed, white weatherboard clad exterior. The pub's interior is divided into separate rooms with areas featuring wooden beams and low ceilings, lending the place a cosy atmosphere. There is a large garden out back alongside the car park. The inn is mentioned in Dickens' 'Pickwick Papers' and Bram Stoker's 'Dracula', Keats is said to have written 'Ode to a Nightingale' in the garden. But references to the highwayman Dick Turpin being born here are false since he was born in Essex. Good selection of imported beers and close to the Heath and Kenwood House. It can get very busy at the weekends so don't be surprised with a long queue just to get a drink on a busy, sunny, Sunday afternoon. Drinkers may be relegated to the heated garden if tables inside are booked for food.
Alcohol is served from 10am.
Bus: 210 plus the rare/elusive 603 (only 4 times a day Mon - Fri).
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Historic Interest
Grade II listing:- C17 brick with some timber framing and weatherboarding. Panelling inside, which may be original but is heavily covered with paint. Three storey. Four window. Mostly sashes with glazing bars. Irregular spacing larger on first floor. M shaped roof, tiled and partly hidden behind parapet. Has many associations with historic personages both real and legendary. An altered building, but one that still has great character.
One star - A pub interior of special national historic interest
Listed status: II
This is a famous 17th Century London pub with a number of rooms containing some inter-war fittings such as fireplaces and panelling, and some much older, possibly even original, panelling on some of the walls.
The best room is upstairs, now a dining room called "Keats", which has an uneven wooden floor, floor to ceiling ancient panelling on all the walls, old cupboards in the wall near a 1930s brick fireplace, window shutters and bare bench seating in each of the windows. On the ground floor there are two small rooms on the east end of the building; the room on the road side has fielded panelling to two-thirds height with wall benches attached – some of the panelling is very old but a small part looks inter-war. The flagstone floor is modern. There is also a tiny room/area on the garden side which has a fielded panelled dado which looks inter-war but the wood floor is modern. The main bar has a modern bar counter and bar back, new wooden floor and an old brick fireplace. The small area on the west side is a modern creation.
Famous London pub still with a number of rooms, some of which retain old fittings. The best room is up the staircase which has old dado panelling. It has an uneven wooden floor, floor to ceiling ancient panelling on all the walls, old cupboards in the wall near a 1930s brick fireplace, window shutters and bare bench seating in each of the windows. It is laid out for diners and probably was brought into use in modern times. On the ground floor there are two small rooms on the east end of the building. On the road side a room with wide opening has fielded panelling to two-thirds height with wall benches attached – some of the panelling is very old but part may be inter-war. Note the carved ends on the settle seating. The floor is a modern flagstone-like one. There is also a tiny room/area on the garden side which has a fielded panelled dado which might be inter-war and has a modern wood floor. The main bar has a modern bar counter and bar back, new wooden floor and possibly an old brick fireplace. There is a small area on the west side that is a modern creation.
This Pub serves 2 changing beers and 2 regular beers.
Spaniards Inn, Hampstead
Changing beers typically include: Dark Star (varies) , St Austell (varies) , Titanic (varies)
Source: National
Lunchtime Meals
Evening Meals
Garden
Family Friendly
Parking
Dog Friendly
Restaurant
Smoking
Real Ale
Real Heritage Pub
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