11/04/25 - Reopened by Friendship Pub Company (Bank of Friendship, Carpenters Arms E2) who have taken over this pub. This followed a couple of months refurbishment. Now strictly over 21s. Cashless bar.

May 2022 - reopened under new management. Regular events held - see their website for full details. Casks beers on offer.

In Jan 2022 the pub closed and was boarded up, its future then was uncertain.

Originally a coach house (a small building for housing coaches, carriages and other vehicles) dating back to the 1700′s, it is one of the oldest remaining public houses in the borough of Hackney which was formerly in the county of Middlesex.