Gordon Ramsay serves papers to squatters after £13m pub taken over(Picture: PA/Rex/@camdenartcafe)
Gordon Ramsay has served papers to the people occupying his £13 million pub.
The York & Albany pub, which also functions as a boutique hotel, near Regent’s Park is understood to have been temporarily closed while Ramsay, 57, signed over a multi-million-pound lease to new partners.
During its closure, a group of ‘six professional squatters’ have managed to gain access to the building, in which they are now sleeping and living, and have set up a community kitchen.
Now, they claim to have been asked to leave in an Instagram post.
‘Apologies to everyone who was going to come along today. Papers served, cafe cancelled!’ it read.
The York and Albany pub is located in Camden, north London (Picture: PA)
The six ‘professional squatters’ locked themselves inside the Grade II-listed York & Albany hotel(Picture: Piers Mucklejohn/PA Wire)
Those in the property welcomed donations (Picture: W8Media / MEGA)
The Camden Art Cafe explained their reasoning for overtaking the pub (Picture: @camdenartcafe)
The Camden Art Cafe are occupying the premises and has publicly asked for clothing donations to keep the ‘free shop going’ in a notice.
In pictures snapped of the inside, the interior of the bar area is shown to be scattered with debris including plugs, water bottles, a beer can, used cups and a pair of crutches leaning against the wall.
Explaining their reasoning for being there, they wrote on Instagram: ‘We are occupying the York and Albany Hotel in Camden as the collective Camden Art Cafe.
The inside of the York & Albany pub looks dishelved (Picture: W8Media / MEGA)
‘We aim to open our doors regularly to anyone and everyone, particularly the people of Camden who have been victims of gentrification and parasitic projects like HS2.
‘We provide free food, drinks, and a space to display their art without the ridiculous red-tape that galleries require people to jump over. We believe all of us and our art deserve dignity.’
Earlier this week, the group placed a sign on the door threatening legal action against anyone who tries to force them out, claiming that they are entitled to stay there as it ‘is a non-residential building’.
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