[1] It was the UK's first co-operatively owned pub, and first purchased on behalf of a community using the right to bid provisions in the Localism Act 2011.

[2][3] It was one of the major pub music venues in South London during the mid-1970s pub rock boom, with acts and performers including Ian Dury (in Kilburn and the High Roads), Elvis Costello (in Flip City), Joe Strummer (in The 101ers), Eddie and The Hot Rods, Graham Parker, Jeff Beck, and Dr. Feelgood.

[4][2] In April 2012 Enterprise Inns evicted the tenants with only a week's notice and announced their intention to sell it for redevelopment into flats.

[3][5] The Ivy House has been used as a set for many films including the 2015 Kray Brothers biopic Legend.

[6] In recent years the Ivy House has once again emerged as a live music venue, with notable acts such as Goat Girl, caroline, Kiran Leonard, Darren Hayman and The Monochrome Set taking to the stage.