The Old Bull and Bush Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1974. A C17 Public house. 8 related planning applications.

The Old Bull and Bush Public House

WRENN ID
eastward-wattle-jackdaw
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Camden
Constituency
Hampstead and Highgate MP: Tulip Siddiq (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 May 1974
Type
Public house
Address
The Old Bull and Bush Public House, North End Way, NW3 7HE
OS grid reference
TQ 260 869
Coordinates
51.56751, -0.18265
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Bull and Bush Public House is a public house that is reputedly built as a farm around 1645 and was licensed in 1721. It was rebuilt with modern extensions between 1923 and 1924 in a style similar to the original structure, which included the rebuilding of the ground-floor bay windows and a Venetian window that was originally on the ground floor. Additional alterations were made in the 1970s by Roderick Gradidge. The building is constructed of brown brick and features a hipped slated roof with a brick modillion eaves cornice and tall slab stacks with blind arches.

The pub has two storeys and cellars, with a slightly projecting center that has three windows, flanked by two windows on each side. There are round-arched entrances in the outer bays with wooden doorframes, shaped brackets supporting hoods, fanlights, and part-glazed doors; each penultimate bay has a keyed oculus. The ground floor features two canted bay windows, while the upper floor has gauged red brick flat arches above slightly recessed sashes with exposed boxing. The center window on the upper floor is round-arched with a radial pattern at the head. The facade's center has a parapet that rises above the eaves, with a segmental arch in the middle and statues of sphinxes at either end.

Inside, the pub retains old features along with good inter-war fittings. It has been frequented by notable figures such as the painters Hogarth, Gainsborough, Reynolds, and the playwright Garrick.

Local climate

The Old Bull and Bush Public House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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