Queen's Head, Brixton
Pub in Stockwell, London
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The Queen's Head was a pub at 144 Stockwell Road, Brixton, London SW9.
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| Queen's Head, Brixton | |
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The Queen's Head, Brixton, London SW9 | |
  Queen's Head Location within London Borough of Lambeth  Queen's Head Queen's Head (Greater London) | |
| General information | |
| Location | 144 Stockwell Road, Brixton, London, England |
| Coordinates | 51.467282°N 0.118137°W |
| Opened | c. 1786 |
| Closed | January 2024 |
| Design and construction | |
| Designations | |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Official name | Queen's Head Public House |
| Designated | 27 March 1981 |
| Reference no. | 1064933 |
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]
