Wednesday 6 November 2013

Q is for the Queen's Head


According to the Stockport Historic Environment Database 10-12 Little Underbank was built in the late C18 or early C19 on the south side of Little Underbank. The 1849 1:1056 Ordnance Survey map shows the building originally abutted a larger building on its east side, identified as the Queen's Head Public House. The latter was demolished when St Petersgate Bridge was built in 1866-8, and it appears that at this point the public house moved into No. 12 Little Underbank. The pub fixtures and fittings confirm this, being of a later C19 date. There has been some late C20 remodelling retaining many original features.



The interior of the Queen's Head has a long narrow plan with an altered later-C19 bar with an original spirits fountain. The L-shaped public bar has fixed seating with matchboard backs. A matchboard partition to the rear separates a small Snug with fixed seating to the left and a small men's lavatory to the right, and a stair with stone steps. At the back is a parlour with fixed upholstered seating and rectangular top light framed by heavy moulded plasterwork.

A contribution to ABC Wednesday and to signs, signs.

12 comments:

  1. She's no one to mess with!
    ROG, ABC Wednesday team

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  2. Now that's a great name for a pub!

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  3. What a great-looking sign! I like both photos, especially the second one.

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  4. Maybe J K Rowling got her inspiration for the Hogs Head in Hogsmead for Harry Potter from here... How QUEER !

    PhenoMenon, ABC Wednesday Team

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  5. I wonder how many pubs there are in England called The Queen's Head Quite a number, I think.

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  6. I've been in some pubs in England and find that the older they are, the longer and narrower they are. They have such a special ambiance.

    Leslie
    abcw team

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  7. Would it be hard to have fun in a pub where the queen's eyes are gazing at you? We loved the pub names (and the pubs) in London!!!

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  8. I would love to wander under that bridge and investigate the narrow pub.

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  9. I love pub signs I actually have a small collection from London UK in my kitchen :)

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  10. If you have a wee bit too much to drink, you can roll right our and sit on the bench in front. Pretty pub sign...but I like all the UK pub signs.

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  11. it looks like a fine old pub! I'm sure I would go in!

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  12. wow, how interesting, and i'd go in and have a drink!

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