Built in the early 17th century, this pub is one of the oldest public houses in Frodsham. The name of the pub changed from the Kings Head, to the Queens head during Queen Victoria’s reign. John Urmson and William Crosbie, partners of a local salt works, bought the property in 1782. The building has an interesting range of outbuildings to the rear, said to have been the meeting-place of court of manor and later of the Brotherly and Friendly Society of Frodsham. In 1799 the site also boasted a cotton manufactory.
Listed Grade II (17th century) - The front of the hotel was rebuilt probably in the early 19th century. It is partly in stone, and partly in rendered brick, and has a slate roof. The hotel is in two storeys with attics, and has a four-bay front. The left bay is a canted two-storey bay window. To the right of this is a recessed round-arched porch. The windows are sashes. At the rear is an attached coach house with an external staircase and a horizontal sliding sash window.
The Stable (to the rear) is also Listed Grade II (Late 17th century) - The front gable of the stable and the lower part of the other walls are in sandstone, the rest being in brick. The roof is slated, and the gable is coped.
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Frodsham Heritage 2005 Introduction
Butter Market(1) 47-51 Main Street
(2) 53 – 57 Brookstone Cottages - Main Street
(3) Brook House – 38 Main Street
(4) Iron Church - Main Street
(5) The Old Post Office – 75 Main Street
(6) Old Hall Hotel – 81 Main Street
(7) Thatched Cottages 83 – 89 Main Street
(8) 119 – 121 Main Street
(9) The Bears Paw Hotel – Main Street
(10) The Old Police Station
(11) The Library – High Street
(12) Trinity Methodist Church – High Street
(13) Old Cottage – 44 High Street
(14) Fisherman’s Cottages, 28 – 32 High Street
(15) Frodsham Railway Station
(16) Crosbie House (Pollard Buildings) – 2 High Street
(17) Cholmondeley Arms – 12 Church Street
(18) K4 Telephone Kiosk – Church Street
(19) Golden Lion Hotel – Main Street
(20) Trustees Savings Bank - Main Street
(21) Queens Head Hotel
(22) 84 Main Street
(23) 68 Main Street
(24) Main Street West
(25) Commemorative Barracks Archway – Main Street
(26) Main Street West
(27) Brook House – 38 Main Street
(28) Main Street West