April/May 2026 - "Visited 29 April 26. No Cask ale on." Another visitor reports as follows - "3h/p unused. Sympathetic guvnor, but the pumps are in the wrong place down the far right of the bar. He may try cask when they have a festival in July. "

25/01/22 - Closed for conversion to a Stonegate managed pub. 05/07/22 reopened - The web site promised three real ales - Doom Bar, Purity Mad Goose and Timothy Taylor Landlord. Only the last of these appeared to be on the bar to strat with. Reverted to tenanted by the end of 2023.

Had reopened in May 2016 after 18 months closed ad eventually cask beer disappeared. Just up the road from Stoke Newington station, this is a large, imposing street corner pub built in robust pub style, with granite columns and bow windows. Largely modernised inside, with grey and bare brick decor, new bar counter, but retaining old window frames and internal columns with capitals.