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A Grade II listed building, situated in a conservation area. Retains its traditional subdivision into public bar and saloon bar. There is a small outdoor yard for smokers and the exterior is usually adorned with splendid hanging baskets. The smaller saloon bar features two dart boards and plays host to regular comedy nights. The pub freehold was sold by Tower Hamlets Council in 2013 to raise funds for the Council although by 2018 it was back in Council hands and refurbished in a modern style.
The pub was refurbished before reopening in March 2023. Closed in September 2023 and refurbished it re-opened in December 2023 and is now run by a group of locals.
Historic Interest
Grade II listing:-Late C18/early C19 end of terrace. Stock brick with mansard slate roof, coped parapet. 2 storeys and dormers. 3 windows. 1st floor windows set in wide, shallow recessed brick arches with stone keystones. Centre window, C19 casement with glazing bars. Other windows sashes with glazing bars. Cornice and fascia board above partly tiled ground floor.
Late 18th / early 19th century end of terrace pub with a dado of glazed brick that still retains three rooms and fittings from the inter-war period. The two-leaf door to the main bar has etched and frosted ‘The Queens Head’ panels. The larger front room has an island style bar counter of inter-war fielded panelling which has seen changes as there is a straight section to the right that reaches the exterior wall and features a glass display case. The island bar back fitting is mostly the bottom section with a fridge in the middle of it and spirits dispensers on the top. There is a modern bar back fitting behind the straight section of counter. The dado panelling looks to be of a 1950s style and the brick fireplace looks modern. Doorway leads to a small bar at the rear left with an inter-war curved bar counter with inlay. The dado panelling looks more 1950s than inter-war.
A narrow arch shaped doorway cut into the wall leads to a bar with a curved horizontally laid Art Deco style panelled counter. The bar back fitting could be inter-war (or just post-war), the (disused) fireplace has a plain wood surround but modern tiled interior, and there is a shallow vestibule. The dumb waiter remains. This pub is famous for the one where Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, was photographed in 1987 pulling a pint of beer that was well used in Young's advertising.
Late 18th / early 19th century end of terrace pub with a dado of glazed brick that still retains three rooms and fittings from the inter-war period. The two-leaf door to the main bar has etched and frosted ‘The Queens Head’ panels. The larger front room has an island style bar counter of inter-war fielded panelling which has seen changes as there is a straight section to the right that reaches the exterior wall and features a glass display case. The island bar back fitting is mostly the bottom section with a fridge in the middle of it and spirits dispensers on the top. There is a modern bar back fitting behind the straight section of counter. The dado panelling looks to be of a 1950s style and the brick fireplace looks modern. Doorway leads to a small bar at the rear left with an inter-war curved bar counter with inlay. The dado panelling looks more 1950s than inter-war.
A narrow arch shaped doorway cut into the wall leads to a bar with a curved horizontally laid Art Deco style panelled counter. The bar back fitting could be inter-war (or just post-war), the (disused) fireplace has a plain wood surround but modern tiled interior, and there is a shallow vestibule. The dumb waiter remains. This pub is famous for the one where Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, was photographed in 1987 pulling a pint of beer that was well used in Young's advertising.
Queens Head, Poplar
Sports TV
Garden
Dog Friendly
Games
Separate Bar
Smoking
Wi Fi
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