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The Punch Bowl, Mayfair
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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.[1] 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.[1]
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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".[2] 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.[3][4][5] In Ritchie and Madonna's November 2008 divorce settlement, Ritchie gained ownership of Madonna's share of the pub.[6]
The pub has become renowned for the number of celebrities who visit it.[7] 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.[8]
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".[9][10]
On 25 March 2013, the Evening Standard reported that Ritchie had sold the pub.[11]
The Punch Bowl re-opened on 20 October 2014, after having a full refurbishment.
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