Queens Head and Queens Head Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1960. Public house, cottage. 1 related planning application.
Queens Head and Queens Head Cottage
- WRENN ID
- solitary-moat-ridge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 August 1960
- Type
- Public house, cottage
- Address
- Queens Head and Queens Head Cottage, Queen Street, Gillingham, SP8 4DZ
- OS grid reference
- ST 806 267
- Coordinates
- 51.04006, -2.27722
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an early 19th-century public house and cottage, situated on the west side of Queen Street, Gillingham. The building is constructed of stucco, with a gable-ended slate roof and brick stacks. It has two storeys and a six-window front, accentuated by a plat-band. The windows are 16-pane sashes, and there are three irregularly placed part-glazed and panelled doors. A two-bay service wing is located to the right. The two bays on the left hand side of the building form Queens Head Cottage.
Local climate
Queens Head and Queens Head Cottage receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 11 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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