Queen's Head, Brixton
Pub in Stockwell, London From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Queen's Head was a pub at 144 Stockwell Road, Brixton, London SW9.
Queen's Head, Brixton | |
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General information | |
Address | 144 Stockwell Road, Brixton |
Town or city | London |
Country | England |
Coordinates | 51.467282°N 0.118137°W |
Opened | c. late 1800s |
Closed | January 2024 |
Designations | |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
Official name | Queen's Head Public House |
Designated | 27 March 1981 |
Reference no. | 1064933 |
It is a Grade II listed building, "of Regency appearance with alterations".[1]
History
The pub was originally named The New Queen's Head, and existed there from earlier than 1894, as that is when an accepted tender for "additions and alterations" was reported in the construction trade periodical The Builder.[2] The "New" in the name was presumably to differentiate itself from The Old Queen's Head that was also in the same area of Stockwell Green.[3]
For some time in the 2010s and early 2020s it was a music venue, and is known as where Fat White Family rehearsed, performed, and put on their own night Slide-In.[4][5][6] The band Shame also started to rehearse there shortly after.[7]
In November 2014 photos emerged of the then landlord dressed in blackface at a party there, with another guest wearing a Ku Klux Klan costume and performing a Nazi salute, causing public outrage that was reported in the national press.[8]
In September 2015 that landlord gave up the lease and it closed. Soon after it reopened under different management as a gastropub focusing on local ales and food, though still with live music and club nights.[9]
As of January 2024 it closed its doors to the public and is currently boarded up.[10]
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