The Intrepid Fox

The former Intrepid Fox premises in Wardour Street

The Intrepid Fox was a pub at 97/99 Wardour Street, Soho, established in 1784 by the publican Samuel House, who named it after the prominent British Whig statesman Charles James Fox.[1] The pub was located on the corner of Wardour Street and Peter Street.

During the general election of 1784, House provided free drink to the public.[2]

More recently, it was a goth pub which also hosted heavy metal gigs.[3] It closed in 2006, when the owners Mitchells & Butlers sold the building to property developers.[1][4]

The Wardour Street building it formerly occupied is clad in faience, including a faience relief of Charles James Fox.[5] As of 2017, the Wardour Street premises are in use as a branch of the Byron hamburger chain.

Successor venues

Later in 2006, the former Intrepid Fox management team opened a new venue of the same name, near Centre Point.[6] The Guardian reported the new venue's imminent closure in 2014.[3]

Following the closure of this venue, a third incarnation of the Intrepid Fox was opened at the Archway Tavern later in 2014.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 Majumdar, Debabani. "Goth pub closes after 222 years". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-02-15.
  2. ↑ "Sam House, The Patriotic Publican / Fifty Wonderful Portraits". www.britishmuseum.org. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  3. 1 2 Boult, Adam (2014-02-27). "London metal venue The Intrepid Fox announces imminent closure". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-02-15.
  4. ↑ Razaq, Rashid (2006-09-01). "Last orders at Soho rock pub". Evening Standard. Retrieved 2017-02-15.
  5. ↑ "Conservation Audit: Soho & Chinatown: Document ID No. 2471" (PDF). Department of Planning and City Development, City of Westminster Council.
  6. ↑ "Intrepid Fox pub, 97-99 Wardour Street, Soho, London, W1F 0UD". www.urban75.org. Retrieved 2017-02-15.
  7. ↑ Dean, Jon. "Rock pub where the Rolling Stones, Rod Stewart and Slash drank and David Hasselhoff was turned away moves to Archway". Islington Gazette. Retrieved 2017-02-15.

Coordinates: 51°30′46.32″N 0°8′1.5″W / 51.5128667°N 0.133750°W / 51.5128667; -0.133750

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