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Rules, London's oldest restaurant, building given to National Trust in £11m gift
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The owner who bought Rules in 1984, JP Mayhew, handed over the building and its historic contents, and the rent will pay for conservation work each year. Rules has served diners on Maiden Lane in Covent Garden since 1798, and the restaurant business itself, run by Ricky McMenemy, stays open as a tenant.
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