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Telegraph Pub Closure

Has anyone else heard anything about the closure of the Telegraph Pub and what is being proposed on the site? More “unaffordable homes” built for the wealthy making property developers even richer?

Nina Sklar ● 2843d10 Comments

There's been a thread here a few weeks ago. If you look back through the posts you should find it. No mention of redevelopment as far as I remember.

Freddie Francis ● 2843d

I really hope that it can be re-opened before the good weather returns. It's one of the few pubs in Putney that has child-friendly open space and a nice place to sit in the warm summer evenings. Does anyone know if there's any interest in taking over the lease and re-opening as a pub anytime soon?

Lauren Fleet ● 2842d

The beer garden of the Telegraph is largely on common land, owned by the WPCC. I understand that the rent of the closed Telegraph pub is in the region of £250,000 pa. The WPCC receive a paltry rent for the common land, a modest few thousand. Is the closed pub paying the modest rent? And if the £250k is correct, what element of the £250k would be fairly attributed to the WPCC.Even it was a modest 10%, it would be multiples of how much the WPCC receive.

John Cameron ● 2836d

We drove past the Telegraph yesterday to see if there was any news and there was a suspicious looking guy with a suitcase outside who looked like he was waiting to be let in.He looked like a squatter the way he was dressed and also looked very sheepish when he saw us. I hope i'm wrong and this wasn't the case, but unfortunately this building will be a prime target whilst it's empty.

Ruth Davis ● 2830d

A lot of vacant properties are protected by guardians who live in the property to stop it being squatted. Or it could have been John Cameron claiming back a few square feet of grass.

Andy Pike ● 2830d

Has anyone asked the Police to check?

Chantal Blake-Milton ● 2830d

Why not ask the owners to check? Police have more important issues to deal with.

David Parker ● 2829d

I just wondered if anyone had heard any info or positive murmurs about The Telegraph and if it might reopen again soon? It was a firm favourite with our family and with clocks going forward this weekend/long evenings returning, I’m really hoping someone will take it over so it opens its doors again.

Lauren Fleet ● 2785d

A bit of an own goal by the owners because they've now lost more in rent for the first three months of the year than they would have gained by putting the rent up!

Roy Robart ● 2785d

It's available at £200K pa leasehold, or 5 million to buy the freehold:https://www.dcl.co.uk/property/the-telegraph-telegraph-road-putney-heath-putney-sw15/http://crm.daviscofferlyons.co.uk/property_images/8671/2878_Telegraph_Putney_sales_details.pdfSeems like the lease is now a lot less than what it was reported at when the Telegraph closed (£243K, rising to £275K in 2020) - http://www.putneysw15.com/default.asp?section=info&page=contelegraphclosure001b.htm

Carl Broadley ● 2784d