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The King's Head was one of the inns burnt down in the fire of 1676, but
was rebuilt immediately afterwards. The last fragment of the structure
then erected was pulled down in January, 1885. The back of it is shown
on the right of drawing No. 3, as the building actually touched the
White Hart Inn Yard. Mr. John Timbs, in his "Curiosities of London,"
remarks that within his recollection the sign was a well-painted
half-length of Henry VIII.
(14-1/8 × 10-5/8) D. 15-1896.
13. The Queen's Head Inn, Southwark, 1883 (Water-colour).
(10-9/16 × 7-1/4) D. 16-1896.
14. Back of the Queen's Head from the Inner Yard, 1884
(Water-colour).
The Queen's Head is on the site of a house called the Crowned or
Cross Keys, which belonged to the Poynings family. In 1529 it was
used as an armoury, or store place for the King's "harness." In 1558
it still retained its old sign, for Richard Westray, ale brewer,
bequeaths to his wife Joane his messuage on this site, "called
the Cross Keyes with the brewhouse garden and stable as it is now
newly builded by his son Thomas." In 1634 the house had become the
Queen's Head, and the owner was John Harvard, of Emmanuel College,
Cambridge, who afterwards migrated to America and gave his name to
Harvard University, Massachusetts. About this time it was frequented
by carriers, as we learn from John Taylor, "the water-poet." The
Queen's Head seems to have escaped the fire of 1676, perhaps owing to
the fact that, by way of precaution, a tenement was blown up at the
gateway. The main building was pulled down towards the end of 1895. It
was then found to be of half timbered construction, dating possibly
from the time of Richard Westray. A carved oak mantelpiece in a room
on the first floor appeared to be of the early seventeenth century.
The galleried portion of the inn, also of considerable age, which had
been partly let out in tenements, though much dilapidated, was still
standing in June, 1900, but it was all cleared away before the end of
the year. A goods yard for the Great Central Railway was then made, but
at the time of writing this, though still in use, was to let. The inner
yard was then being built over for the purposes of Guy's Hospital.
(14 × 10-1/8) D. 17-1896.
15. The Sieve Public-house, Church Street, Minories, 1865 (Black
and white).
(5-3/8 × 6-5/8) D. 19-1896.
16. Back of Sieve Public-house, 1885 (Black and white).
(6 × 7-3/4) D. 20-1896.
17. Taproom of Sieve and Trade Tokens issued from here, 1885
(Black and white).
(7 × 10-9/16) D. 21-1896.
18. Chimney-piece in Taproom of Sieve, 1885 (Black and white).
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