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Queens Head

 

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Picture source: Hania Franek


 

The Queens Head was situated on Queen Street.  A grade-II listed building, the pub closed c2015 and was converted into an antiques shop.

 

 
Listed building details:
Public house. Mid C17 main range with early C18 cross-wing to right; various C18 and C19 additions and alterations. Timber framed; late C19 facade of colourwashed brick with an embattled parapet. Roof slated to front and pantiled to rear. Cusped and serrated bargeboards. 2 storeys and attic. 4 windows, inset tripartite sashes with large panes; flat keyed arches and chamfered reveals. C19 4-panel door, the upper panels glazed. Internal stack; gable stack to left. One bay of the adjoining C18 range is incorporated on the left. Lean-to addition on right with a further doorway. Ground floor much altered: one room has chamfered joists. Exposed framing on upper floor. C18 addition to rear forms a side passage outside the original range. Cross-wing incorporates re-used timbers of c1500: several are moulded including a pair of principal rafters. On the former outside gable end of the main range is the remains of a band of pargetting with foliage and flowers
(visible from within attic of cross-wing).
 

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