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Queen Victoria bust - SW3

Erection date: 1840

Site: Queen's Head, Chelsea (1 memorial)

SW3, Tryon Street, 27, Queen's Head pub

tells a sorry tale: "Built in 1840. ... pub closed on 7 Sept. 2016 ... Planning app dated 03 Aug 2018: Change of use of first and second floors of Queen's Head to residential use; ... Closed for very substantial internal refurb. The interior is being knocked down and just the facade being kept; a new basement is being dug. The shell and core is expected to be completed by the end of summer 2020. ... As at March 2023 it is reported:It is thought the site could soon become the second to open under the Tom Kerridge Butcher’s Tap & Grill concept."

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Queen Victoria bust - SW3

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Queen Victoria

Reigned: 1837-1901, 64 years. Born Kensington Palace. Daughter of Edward, Duk...

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