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The Punch Bowl, Mayfair

Pub in Mayfair, London

Field	Value
name	The Punch Bowl, Mayfair
image	The Punch Bowl in Mayfair.jpg
type	Public house
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 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". In March 2008 the pub was bought for a reputed £2.5 million by Ritchie and Madonna, with the involvement of nightclub entrepreneur Piers Adam. In Ritchie and Madonna's November 2008 divorce settlement, Ritchie gained ownership of Madonna's share of the pub.

The pub has become renowned for the number of celebrities who visit it. 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.

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".

On 25 March 2013, the Evening Standard reported that Ritchie had sold the pub.

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

References

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Kathryn Flett. (4 December 2005). "A box of Madges". [[The Guardian]].
(6 March 2008). "Scottish & Newcastle Pub Enterprises says no truth in Madonna pub story". Caterer Search.
James Millbank. (2 March 2008). "Like a Virgin and Tonic". The People.
(4 March 2008). "Madonna buys Mayfair pub". Caterer Search.
Caroline Gammell and Anita Singh. (20 November 2009). "Madonna and Guy Ritchie reach divorce settlement". [[The Daily Telegraph]].
Nick Duerden. (6 August 2009). "Everyone round to Guy Ritchie's place". [[London Evening Standard]].
Tom Peck. (18 December 2009). "Neighbours fail to close Guy Ritchie's pub". [[The Independent]].
(July 2022)
"Evening Standard Christmas Charity Auction". [[London Evening Standard]].
(25 March 2013). "Mr". London Evening Standard.

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