The Punch Bowl, at 41 Farm Street,

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, is a London public house, dating from ''circa'' 1750. It is

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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 entrepreneurs

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, Nick House, Guy Pelly and Tarquin Gorst, from Greg Foreman, father of actor Gregory Foreman. 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

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in December 2009. The winner of a 14 December 2009

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auction, organised by the ''

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'' newspaper for the charity

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, 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 to Alexander Langlands Pearse's Cirrus Inns Company. The Punchbowl re-opened on 20 October 2014, after having a full refurbishment.

References

External links

* * Details the building's architecture and listing
''Time Out'' reviewThe Punch Bowl Planning and Listed Building Application: Design and Heritage Statement submitted to Westminster City Council
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