Queen's Head, Brixton
| Queen's Head, Brixton | |
|---|---|
.jpg) 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 |
| 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]
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.[2][3][4] The band Shame also started to rehearse there shortly after.[5]
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.[6]
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.[7]
As of January 2024 it closed its doors to the public and is currently boarded up.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ Historic England. "The New Queen's Head Public House (1064933)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
- ^ 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.
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