Aldrich Inns has added two more sites to its estate, with a further site in its openings pipeline. Aldrich Inns, which was founded and is led by Callum Murphy and Will St John, has reopened the Lock & Lantern in Notting Hill and the former Simmons Bar in Bloomsbury as The Jeremy Bentham, to take its estate to five pubs. Propel understands that Aldrich Inns has also secured The Salthouse in St Johns Wood for a further opening. Aldrich Inns had secured its third site in London this year, in Covent Garden, and said it was looking to make “further opportunistic” acquisitions in the capital. The company acquired the Freemasons Arms in Long Acre, Covent Garden earlier this year. The pub was refurbished and reopened under the new name The Bull and The Egret. Aldrich Inns also operates The Goat in Fulham Road and the Newman Arms in Charlotte Street, Fitzrovia, owning the freehold of the latter. Aldrich Inns said it is on a “mission to breathe life back into heritage-rich pubs that might otherwise fall by the wayside”.
AG&G brokered the deals in Bloomsbury, Covent Garden, Notting Hill and St John’s Wood.
