Queen's Head, Brixton
51°28′02″N 0°07′05″W / 51.467282°N 0.118137°W / 51.467282; -0.118137
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 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]
References
- ^ Historic England. "The New Queen's Head Public House (1064933)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
- ^ "Tenders - London". The Builder. Vol. 67. 29 September 1894. p. 291.
- ^ "The Old Queen's Head, Stockwell Green". London Museum.
- ^ 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
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