Gateshead, Bottle Bank, Queen's Head

HER Number:
7862

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Gateshead, Bottle Bank, Queen's Head

Place:
Gateshead

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Commercial

Site Type: Broad:
Licensed Premises

Site Type: Specific:
Public House

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
The "Queen's Head" stood almost opposite the site of the Goat's Inn (HER 7861), at the middle of the steepest part of Bottle Bank, on the right-hand side going downwards. It was in its day the most important hostelry in Gateshead. The large hall of the Queen's Head was used as a court-house, Roman Catholic mission, a harmonie hall and billiard room. Rebuilt in 1854. Still standing in 1932. Described as a high brick building "in a dissipated state". There was a large figure of a lion on the roof. Its tail turned towards Gateshead, its "fierce look" towards Newcastle. It was, in 1932, a lodging house.

Easting:
2541

Northing:
6355

Grid Reference:
NZ25416355

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
D. Lumley, 1932, The Story of Gateshead Town - From the earliest age to the mid Victorian, p 70 and 73; I.C. Carlton, 1974, A Short History of Gateshead, p 34