| 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.
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.