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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.
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.
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.
This Pub serves 2 changing beers and 1 regular beer.
Golden Lion, London
Changing beers typically include: Butcombe - Butcombe Original , Sambrook's - Pumphouse Pale , St Austell - Tribute
Source: National