The Queen's Head was a pub at 144 Stockwell Road, Brixton, London SW9.
Queen's Head, Brixton | |
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![]() The Queen's Head, Brixton, London SW9 | |
General information | |
Address | 144 Stockwell Road, Brixton |
Town or city | London |
Country | England |
Coordinates | 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 |
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]
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