A 'traditional' pub that has been on the market for a year is set to reopen with a new name and look.

The Lady Hamilton in Kentish Town shut last summer and was put on the market by estate agent Fleurets.

It can now be revealed that an upmarket pub, bar and restaurant group has taken over the lease for the Kentish Town Road site.

The First Restaurant Group – which also owns the Oak & Poppy in Hampstead – says it hopes to reopen the pub in October this year.

Managing director Mitch Tillman said that the venue would be “reverting back to the pub’s original name from 1885" – The Old Farmhouse.

He promised a new “rustic style” for the pub, which will extend upstairs to the boutique bedrooms.

These bedrooms are set to be available from early next year.

The Old Farmhouse will be the First Restaurant Group’s sixth pub. It also owns the Summerhouse and the Waterway restaurants in Little Venice.

In Fleurets' listing, the Lady Hamilton was described as a traditional pub occupying a “prime position” on the main road, situated on a corner just 150m from Kentish Town station.

The building offers an open-plan ground floor trade space with a theatre kitchen, a first-floor function room and a four-bedroom flat on the second-floor.

The pub has formerly been known as the Star and Garter, and the Camden Daughter.

In April 2020, Kentish Town Neighbourhood Forum was successful in its bid to have the watering hole listed as an ‘asset of community value’ (ACV) with Camden Council.

ACV owners are still able to sell the property at a price of their choice and can seek planning permission to change or redevelop it.

Elysia Wilson-Gunn, divisional director of Fleurets, said: “We are very pleased to have secured The First Restaurant Group as the tenant of the Lady Hamilton.

“During its time on the market, we’ve had a huge level of interest with several offers being put forward.

"We are excited to see the building be restored to its former glory.”