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| Queens Head, Troutbeck | ||
| Queens Head | ||
| locality:- | Town Head | |
| locality:- | Troutbeck | |
| civil parish:- | Lakes (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | inn | |
| coordinates:- | NY41400376 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY4103 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY40 | |
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 BLK55.jpg Innsign, Elizabth I, painted by Phil Gregg, signs (taken 5.12.2005)  BLK54.jpg (taken 5.12.2005) |
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| evidence:- | old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s item:- coach; costume |
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| source data:- | Photograph, black and white, coach at the Queen's Head Hotel, Troutbeck, Westmorland,
by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, about 1900. click to enlargeHB0754.jpg ms at reverse:- "... c.1900" item:- Armitt Library : ALPS417 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Queens Head Inn |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "QUEENS HEAD INN / / / LAKES / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 453088 / NY4139703772" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "C17, much restored. White-washed rubble, new slate roof, C19 windows, South front has 3 gables, and an added stone porch. Right hand end towards the road has a shallow 2-storeyed bay window with wood mullions. Rear wing (former stables) is reconstructed with timber glazed gallery on old timber posts." "For group notes see General group description under Troutbeck Village." |
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| hearsay:- |
Built 1617. There is a long spinning gallery, but it is now enclosed by timber frame
and plaster work, with glass above. |
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| Since 1780 the Hunt Supper has been held here each Februray, and a Mayor of the Hunt
enthroned. He presided over village disputes. |
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