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Cock & Bottle, Notting Hill

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Operator: City Pub Company
17 Needham Road, Notting Hill, W11 2RP (View on Google Map)
(020) 7229 1550
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  • Historic Interior

Built in 1851 and formerly known as the Swan, this is one of London's Real Heritage Pubs. The City Pub Co did a reasonably good job refurbishing what had frankly become a rather tired location.The impressive bar-back and rare snob-screen survived and the whole place was opened up, although sadly the "Swan" light-fittings above the eastern windows vanished in the refurb. It is now a typical gastro-pub, but none the worse for that as the local area goes up-market. The first-floor restaurant, with open kitchen, has its own bar although the two hand pumps are currently unused.

The beer range on the ground floor veers towards pale ales rather than bitters. Food includes Sunday roasts.

Information for this venue is provided by the West London Branch of CAMRA
Previous Names
Swan, White Swan
Local Authority
Westminster
Last updated
Last surveyed
24/06/2015
Leasehold owner
unknown
Freehold owner
Young's (ex City Pub Company)
Pub ID
WLD/15929
Asset of Community Value

Two star - A pub interior of very special national historic interest

Listed status: Not listed

This friendly, street-corner pub built in 1850 has one outstanding feature – a bar-back of exceptional ornateness. It has a series of round columns with florid Corinthian capitals below a broad frieze terminating in a band of ornament. The various round-headed projections on the columns have long been a mystery. Near the bottom of each is also a short round stub. And if you take a close look at the servery you’ll see it has been cut back around the modern opening to the inner room. A column has been removed. On the underside of the cornice you’ll spot a hole. It’s possible that all this means that there was once a gravity-feed system for spirits and wines (housed above the bar) which were fed down the pipes in the hollow columns to cocks on the stubs. Note also the pretty stained glass panels of swans which relate to the old name of the pub which changed in the late 1980s. The snob screens to the rear room are a modern bit of re-Victorianisation.

General information about historic pub interiors

General information about historic pub interiors
Monday
Noon - 10:30pm
Tuesday
Noon - 10:30pm
Wednesday
Noon - 10:30pm
Thursday
Noon - 10:30pm
Friday
Noon - 10:30pm
Saturday
Noon - 10:30pm
Sunday
Noon - 10:30pm
Monday
4:00pm - 9:00pm
Tuesday
4:00pm - 9:00pm
Wednesday
Noon - 9:00pm
Thursday
Noon - 9:00pm
Friday
Noon - 9:00pm
Saturday
Noon - 9:00pm
Sunday
Noon - 7:00pm
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Current beers

This Pub serves 2 changing beers and 1 regular beer.

Regular and recently seen

Portobello - Westway Pale TasteMatch Prediction

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Portobello - Westway Pale
Portobello - Westway Pale Session Pale Ale • 3.8%
Portobello - Westway Pale
SIBA Indie Beer Sold Here
Portobello - Westway Pale

This beer is served regularly at Cock & Bottle, Notting Hill.

ABV 3.8%
Style Session Pale Ale
Colour
Vegan No
Gluten Free No
Changing

Changing beers typically include: Sambrook's - Wandle , Timothy Taylor - Landlord

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Facilities
Sports TV Sports TV
including Sky & TNT; all sports shown
Lunchtime Meals Lunchtime Meals
Not Mon/Tue
Evening Meals Evening Meals
Garden Garden
Benches outside
Family Friendly Family Friendly
Children allowed until about 7pm
Dog Friendly Dog Friendly
inc biscuits
Events Events
Open mic nights see venue website
Games Games
lots of boxed games eg Cluedo
Real Fire Real Fire
Restaurant Restaurant
Smoking Smoking
Wi Fi Wi Fi
Features
Cask Ale Cask Ale
Real Heritage Pub Real Heritage Pub
LocAle LocAle
Essex Street, Portobello, Sambrook's
Cask Marque Cask Marque
Quiet Quiet
Transport
Close to bus routes (100m)
7, 23, 27, 28, 31, 70, 328
Closest station (1500m)
London Paddington
Close to London Underground/Overground/DLR (700m)
Westbourne Park

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