The Gin Palace with a Splash of Damien Hirst ; Designsolutions Fiona Fullerton's If You Love Loft Living, Andworking, This Flat in a Victorian Pub Could Giveyou the Space to Create




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Fancy living in a former public house with a history of late- night carousing?

In 1855, the Metropolitan Cattle Market stood on the site that is now Caledonian Park in Islington, North London. The Gin Palace, once The White Horse, is a grand Victorian building that was one of four public houses on the perimeter, and workers at the market would often be found there way after midnight during lock-ins.

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The Gin Palace with a Splash of Damien Hirst ; Designsolutions Fiona Fullerton's If You Love Loft Living, Andworking, This Flat in a Victorian Pub Could Giveyou the Space to Create

The property is now seven flats the largest is 4,500sqft and belongs to Tiggy and Jonathan Kennedy. It is a vast, loft-style conversion, with the room of the main public bar left untouched as a huge work...

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