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Queens Head, Chester-le-Street


The Queen's Head is set back off Front Street in Chester-le-Street. Built as a coaching inn, the building dates from the early to mid 18th Century, at a time when Front Street formed part of the Great North Road from London to Edinburgh. The Queen's Head is Grade II listed on the National Heritage List for England.

Chester-le-Street Historic Buildings and Monuments in Chester-le-Street Public Houses
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The Queens Head, Front Street, Chester-le-Street
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QUEENS HEAD HOTEL - Chester-le-Street - List Entry
- "Hotel. Early-mid C18. Painted roughcast brick, Welsh slate roof and rebuilt brick chimney stack. 3 storeys, 6 bays. Raised-and-chamfered quoins. Off-centre 6-panel door in wood doorcase with Roman Ionic columns, …
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The Queens Head hotel in Chester-le-Street
- Photo by John Blackburne, 23 February 2010, c/o Wikimedia Commons. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license
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Geo / Heritage Meta Data

List number: 1311230
List grade: 2
County: County Durham
Post code: DH3 3BJ
Grid ref: NZ2743051367

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