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Golden Lion, London

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Operator: Independent
88 Royal College Street, Camden Town, London, NW1 0TH (View on Google Map)
(020) 3915 3852
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  • Historic Interior

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 with an award winning chef, with a changing menu making great use of seasonal produce. Listed as an asset of community value (ACV) by Camden Council.

Happy "hour" Monday - Saturday from 3pm-6pm, a selection of beers, wines and spirits for £3.95.

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.

Information for this venue is provided by the North London Branch of CAMRA
Previous Names
Local Authority
Camden
Last updated
Last surveyed
14/04/2022
Leasehold owner
Marketing for Hospitality Ltd
Freehold owner
Dave Murphy Ltd
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. 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

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
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 1 changing beer and 1 regular beer.

Regular and recently seen

Sambrook's - Junction TasteMatch Prediction

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Sambrook's - Junction
Sambrook's - Junction Premium Bitter • 4.5% Spotted 6 times
Sambrook's - Junction
Sambrook's - Junction

This beer is served regularly and Spotted 6 times. at Golden Lion, London.

ABV 4.5%
Style Premium Bitter
Colour
Vegan No
Gluten Free No
Changing

Changing beers typically include: St Austell - Tribute , Wainwright - Amber

Source: National

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Lunchtime Meals Lunchtime Meals
Weekends only
Evening Meals Evening Meals
Live Music Live Music
Friday nights
Garden Garden
Outside bench seating
Family Friendly Family Friendly
Dog Friendly Dog Friendly
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Function Room Function Room
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Darts
Smoking Smoking
Wi Fi Wi Fi
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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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