Experienced pub operator Tracey Bird has completed the purchase of the freehold of The Fox Reformed on Stoke Newington Church Street for £1.125m.
The sire was placed on the market through Davis Coffer Lyons, which sold the pub on behalf of its long-term owners Carol and Robbie Richards.
Bird previously owned The Newman Arms, the former haunt of 1984’s author George Orwell and, which is widely believed to be the inspiration for the dystopian novel’s proles pub, which DCL acquired for Shaftesbury, late last year.
Paul Tallentyre, executive director at DCL, said: “Stoke Newington Church Street is now a desirable destination outside Central London and attracts people from across north and east London as well as further afield. With a wealth of boutique operators having opened recently in the area it is no surprise that landlords like Tracey are keen to take sites and capitalise on this demand.”
