The Punch Bowl, Mayfair Explained

The Punch Bowl, Mayfair
Type:Public house
Owner:Alexander Langlands Pearse
Designation1:Grade II
Designation1 Offname:THE PUNCH BOWL PUBLIC HOUSE
Designation1 Date:15-Jul-1987
Designation1 Number:1357029
Built:c. 1750
Architecture:Georgian
Location:41 Farm Street, Mayfair

The Punch Bowl, at 41 Farm Street, Mayfair, is a London public house, dating from circa 1750. It is listed as Grade II by English Heritage. It is a Georgian building and, although altered over the years, retains many period features including a dog-leg staircase, internal cornicing and dado panelling.

History

The pub featured in the documentary film I'm Going to Tell You a Secret, which followed Madonna in 2004 and showed her and her husband Guy Ritchie on a night out at their "local".[1] In March 2008 the pub was bought for a reputed £2.5 million by Ritchie and Madonna, with the involvement of nightclub entrepreneurs Piers Adam, Nick House, Guy Pelly and Tarquin Gorst, from Greg Foreman, father of actor Gregory Foreman.[2] [3] [4] In Ritchie and Madonna's November 2008 divorce settlement, Ritchie gained ownership of Madonna's share of the pub.[5]

The pub has become renowned for the number of celebrities who visit it.[6] Complaints by local residents about noise and other disturbances led to a review of the pub's licence, with some restrictions imposed by Westminster City Council in December 2009.[7]

The winner of a 14 December 2009 eBay auction, organised by the Evening Standard newspaper for the charity Kids Company, paid £2,214.12 to "Have a pint with Guy Ritchie at The Punch Bowl".[8] [9]

On 25 March 2013, the Evening Standard reported that Ritchie had sold the pub to Alexander Langlands Pearse's Cirrus Inns Company.[10]

The Punchbowl re-opened on 20 October 2014, after having a full refurbishment.

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 4 December 2005 . A box of Madges . . Kathryn Flett . 17 December 2009 .
  2. Web site: 6 March 2008 . Scottish & Newcastle Pub Enterprises says no truth in Madonna pub story . Caterer Search . 17 December 2009 .
  3. Web site: James Millbank . 2 March 2008 . Like a Virgin and Tonic . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120301220659/http://www.people.co.uk/news/tm_headline=like-a-virgin-tonic&method=full&objectid=20337382&siteid=93463-name_page.html . 1 March 2012 . 17 December 2009 . The People.
  4. Web site: 4 March 2008 . Madonna buys Mayfair pub . Caterer Search . 17 December 2009 .
  5. Web site: 20 November 2009 . Madonna and Guy Ritchie reach divorce settlement . . Caroline Gammell and Anita Singh . https://archive.today/20130505063252/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/3490550/Madonna-and-Guy-Ritchie-reach-divorce-settlement.html . dead . 5 May 2013 . 17 December 2009 .
  6. Web site: 6 August 2009 . Everyone round to Guy Ritchie's place . . Nick Duerden . 17 December 2009 .
  7. Web site: 18 December 2009 . Neighbours fail to close Guy Ritchie's pub . . Tom Peck . 18 December 2009 .
  8. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320457739639&ssPageName=STRK:MESCX:IT
  9. Web site: Evening Standard Christmas Charity Auction . . 18 December 2009 .
  10. News: Hodgson. Nick. Mr. 4 October 2014. London Evening Standard. 25 March 2013.