...a Hampstead gem..
	HOLLY BUSH	London NW3 6SG	22 Holly Mount, Hampstead
	This friendly pub is one of the gems of Hampstead, tucked away in a quite cul-de-sac, a stones throw from the busy High Street. It's a plain and simple place, which on the whole, has been left to mature. The pub may not have changed much, but Hampstead has. From humble working class beginnings it has become one of the most fashionable and expensive suburbs in London. Former artisans cottages sell for not so small fortunes. The Holly Bush began life in the mid 17th. century, as the stable block of a nearby house.	In 1796, the painter George Romney bought the house and stables, but within a few years sold them to Hampstead Assembly Rooms, who leased the stables to a victualler, who converted them into a tavern in the early 1800's. The two front bars have worn oak flooring, simple painted settles and wood panelling. The walls and ceiling are nicotine brown. Original gas lamps hang from the ceiling. One bar has an open fire. The bar at the back is a later addition, converted from the landlords living quarters. © Copyright pubs.com
			OPEN Mon-Sat 12.00-23.00 Sun 12.00-22.30 TEL 020 7435 2892 TUBE Hampstead
			FOOD Tues-Fri 12.00-16.00 Mon-Fri 18.30-22.00 Sat 12.30-22.00 Sundays 12.30-21.00
			BEER Adnams, Fullers, Harveys