A very small, pleasant pub in a pedestrian area with ample outside benches and first mentioned in 1710. Despite its size, the pub originally had two bars. The main room has a lovely, homely feel with walls adorned by theatre posters leading up to a small lounge/function room. Food is made up of pub standards (rib of beef, ham egg & chips, fish & chips, sandwiches and snacks). Named after Queen Charlotte, wife of George III, who was receiving treatment for his apparent insanity at a doctor’s nearby. She assisted in his nursing, renting a room under the pub and cooking meals for him; the nearby park has a statue of her.
The pub is a member of the Timothy Taylor's Champion Club described by the brewery as follows, "Timothy Taylor’s Champion Club membership is awarded to our permanent stockists who continue to go the extra mile it takes to serve our beer."
Historic Interest
Grade II listing:- Terraced house, now a public house. Early C18, altered early C19. Multi-coloured stock brick. Four storeys storeys and basements. Three windows and four-window return, two blind, to Cosmo Place. Wooden architraved doorcase with shaped brackets carrying entablature with pulvinated frieze. Gauged, reddened brick flat arches to recessed sashes. Return elevation with later C19 ground floor public house frontage with pilasters carrying entablature with dentil cornice flanked by consoles.
This Pub serves no changing beers and 3 regular beers.
Queens Larder, London