Upper House

Status: Open
Address: 181 Upper Street, N1 1RQ (streetmap) (osm) (gmap) (bingmap) (streetview)
London borough: Islington
Former name(s): Dead Dolls House
House of Wolf
Double Frank Bar
Albert and Pearl
Medicine Bar
Hare and Hounds
Former address: 13 Barnsbury Place, Islington High Street [or High Street] (1856)
Historical parish: Islington
Dates open: by 1790-
Owner: Star Pubs and Bars
Gresham Inns (former)
Colombo (former)
Medicine Bar (former)
Scottish and Newcastle (former)
Courage (former)
Barclay Perkins (former)
Notes: Renamed as the "Double Frank Bar" in c2011, as "House of Wolf" in 2012, as "Dead Dolls House" (or the "Dolls House") in 2015, and as "Upper House" in 2019.
Photo taken in October 2015
Sources: Open date/Owner: Archives
Renaming: Allan W (e-mail)/Tris C (e-mail)
London Drinker U228/WP17/WP35
PO 1839/1841/1856/1869/1882/1895/1915 (all as "Hare & Hounds")
References: ACC/2305/01/911/1-39
MS 11936/367/568111 (as "Hare and Hound")
MS 11936/446/821902
MS 11936/446/834850
MS 11936/551/1254310 (as "Hare and Hound")
MS 11936/558/1278978 (as "Hare and Hound")
MS 11936/559/1293317
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