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The Queens Head was situated at 5-6 North Green. Grade-II listed former inn now two houses. The early to mid 18th century Queen's Head Inn and posting-house was described in 1827 and 1834 as one of nine inns and public houses in Staindrop. Also around this time it contained a subscription news-room and justice was administered from here on alternate Saturdays. I'm advised by a direct descendant of Eleanor Brunskill (1770-?) that she was landlady of the inn and was, as is frequently the case, also a Maltster. In the 'History, Directory, and Gazetteer, of the Counties of Durham and Northumberland' of 1827 the Library in the inn is described as 'kept by Mr Heppel, the bookseller' and that the Post-Mistress in the Queen's Head Inn and Posting house is Eleanor Brunskill.
Listed building details:
Inn, now 2 houses. Early/mid C18. Coursed squared sandstone with painted ashlar dressings, plinth and quoins; roof of dark grey asbestos tiles with stone gable coping. 2 storeys, 6 bays; No. 6 at left 2 bays, with door at right under first window of No. 5 in third bay. Partly-glazed 6-panel door of No. 6 and renewed door of No. 5 in doorcases of moulded jambs and lintels, with corner patera, under panelled fascias and deep pediments; treatment of No. 6 has guttae under cornice breaking forward over pilasters; No. 5 has dentilled pediment bed. First 2 bays have full-height bowed projections with tripartite sashes with glazing bars; moulded lead copings. Other windows sashes with glazing bars in plain reveals, with flat stone lintels and sills, inserted sash between doors. Roof has left gable coping on moulded kneeler; banded stone chimneys on plinths at left of each house. Left return of No. 6 shows flat stone lintel to 4-panel door, the top panels held in place by wood buttons; paired gables.
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