The actual date of the pub's construction is not known but it was standing in 1759. Young's first leased the pub in 1831 and the freehold was bought in 1897 from Earl Percy, later Duke of Northumberland, who owned the nearby Syon House and much of the surrounding land. A Grade II-listed pub, the former Public Bar was merged with the rest of the pub in the 1990s, but more extensive refurbishment took place in 2011 to create the current layout. A display case with a coach lantern is hidden away at the rear of the former Public Bar, an area which tends to be quieter than the other drinking areas that are often busy and can get noisy. The main claim to historical fame by the Coach and Horses is a mention in Dickens' Oliver Twist. Oliver is taken by Bill Sykes to commit a burglary in Chertsey. After walking from Bethnal Green to Hyde Park Corner, Sykes secures them a lift in a carrier's cart to Hounslow: 'As they passed the different milestones, Oliver wondered, more and more, where his companion meant to take him. Kensington, Hammersmith, Chiswick, Kew Bridge, Brentford, were all passé and yet they went on as steadily as if they had only just begun their journey. At length they came to a public house called the Coach and Horses...