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The Queens Head dates from 1543 and is the second oldest building in the village, after the church. This former village coaching inn has a central servery to a beamed bar and lounge. There are also three separate, cosy rooms.
There is a beer garden with plenty of tables and a marquee.
Good value pub food is served lunchtimes and evenings.
2 real ales are offered.
Historic Interest
Listed by CAMRA as an interior of some regional historic interest
One star - A pub interior of special national historic interest
Listed status: II
A timber-framed 17th-century pub where the original three rooms survive, along with old fireplaces and fixed seating.
On entering, a quarry-tiled passage has a tongue-and-groove ceiling and a glazed hatch to the bar that may have been an off-sales. The old rooms at the front are, firstly, on the right, a snug with old narrow benches - a wide opening has been created to the passage. Next, facing the servery, is a small room with benches all round and an Edwardian-style fireplace. Beyond that, a further plain room has old benches but post-war timbering to the walls and c1960s fireplace. The servery counter and shelves look to be post-war; it now has an island layout that also serves the large modern rear extension.
17c three-bay Grade II listed building, timber-framed with brick infill. The entrance, right of centre, leads into a corridor with red-and-black tiled floor. The older part of the pub at the front has a snug to the right of the corridor and the servery and two roooms to the left. There is a window between the servery and the corridor, now not in use for service. The rooms have doorways, but the doors removed.
The snug front-right has old narrow benches with plain panelled backs; there is a brick fireplace which looks post-war. A wide opening has been added to the wall between this room and the corridor, but the room feels essentially intact.
Centre-left, facing the servery, is a narrow room with old benches all round, and an Edwardian style fireplace. Front-left is a further plain room with old benches, some post-war timbering to the walls, and another ca.1960s brick fireplace. The servery at the front of the pub has a counter and shelves, probably from post-war years.
The servery is now an island layout, and both sides lead to a plain modernised opened-out rear room which has a TV and a dartboard. The rear parts of the servery are modern.
The official list entry does not acknowledge the surviving layout and old features inside the pub.
Queens Head, Barwell
Lunchtime Meals
Evening Meals
Garden
Family Friendly
Disabled Access
Parking
Dog Friendly
Games
Separate Bar
Smoking
Wi Fi
Real Ale
Real Heritage Pub
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