Queen's Head, Brixton
| Queen's Head, Brixton | |
|---|---|
The Queen's Head, Brixton, London SW9 | |
Queen's Head Queen's Head | |
| General information | |
| Address | 144 Stockwell Road, Brixton |
| Town or city | London |
| Country | England |
| Coordinates | 51°28′02″N 0°07′05″W / 51.467282°N 0.118137°W |
| Opened | c. 1786 |
| Closed | January 2024 |
| Designations | |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Official name | Queen's Head Public House |
| Designated | 27 March 1981 |
| Reference no. | 1064933 |
The Queen's Head was a pub at 144 Stockwell Road, Brixton, London SW9.
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 A History of Brixton asserts that it is in its original building from 1786.[2] Brixton Heritage Trails states its construction replaced an older pub with a similar name.[3] The "New" in the name was presumably to differentiate itself from The Old Queen's Head that was also in the same area, then known as Stockwell Green.[4]
In 1894 an accepted tender for "additions and alterations" was reported in the construction trade periodical The Builder.[5]
In the 1990s it was run under the name The Far Side,[2] but by 2001 it was called The Z-Bud.[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.[6][7][8] The band Shame also started to rehearse there shortly after.[9]
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.[10]
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.[11]
As of January 2024 it closed its doors to the public and is currently boarded up.[12]
References
- ^ Historic England. "The New Queen's Head Public House (1064933)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
- ^ a b Piper, Alan (1996). A History of Brixton. p. 16. ISBN 978-1-873052-07-5.
- ^ a b Brixton Heritage Trails. The Brixton Society. 2001. ISBN 1-873052-11-1.
- ^ "The Old Queen's Head, Stockwell Green". London Museum.
- ^ "Tenders - London". The Builder. Vol. 67. 29 September 1894. p. 291.
- ^ Pattison, Louis (9 December 2013). "Fat White Family: 'We want to make your skin crawl'". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
- ^ Bassil, Ryan (14 January 2014). "Finally, a Night of Live Music in London That Doesn't Suck". Noisey. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
- ^ Wilkinson, Matt (14 January 2014). "Fat White Family – 'Touch The Leather'". NME. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
- ^ Wilkinson, Matt (1 July 2016). "Shame Interviewed: 'Our Instruments Would Go Missing And Come Back Blood-Splattered'". NME. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
- ^ Morgan, Ben; Freeman, Simon; Moore-Bridger, Benedict (5 November 2014). "Outrage as Brixton pub landlord blacks up to host Ku Klux Klan themed party". Evening Standard. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
- ^ "The Queen's Head". Time Out. 29 July 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
- ^ Urban, Mike (14 May 2024). "The Queen's Head pub in Brixton/Stockwell is now closed and boarded up". Brixton Buzz. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
External links
- Media related to Queen's Head, Brixton at Wikimedia Commons