Jack Straw's Castle, Hampstead

Jack Straw's Castle is a Grade II listed building[1] and former public house on North End Way, Hampstead, north-west London, England close to the junction with Heath Street and Spaniards Road.

[1] Charles Dickens was known to visit the pub, describing it as a place where he could get "a red-hot chop for dinner, and a glass of good wine".

[2] It is mentioned in Bram Stoker’s Dracula, where Professor Van Helsing and Doctor Jack Seward stop to dine,[4] and also in Harold Pinter's play No Man's Land.

It was the final residence of the music hall singer Alec Hurley, who died there in 1913.

[6] The current building was designed by the architect Raymond Erith and dates to 1964;[2] speaking at Erith's memorial service in 1974, the poet laureate Sir John Betjeman called the building "true Middlesex" and "a delight".