The Queens Hotel
Location/Address
The Queens Hotel
Tickhill Road
Maltby
S66 7NQ
Type
Description
Large early 20th century public house occupying a corner plot with elevations facing Tickhill Road, Muglet Lane and their junction. The building is of two storeys, brick built with roughcast render to upper floors and a tiled roof. Gabled bays project to from the northwest and north elevation. Fenestration is regularly placed with large multi-pane sash frames, some of which have been replaced on the ground floor. There is limited decoration or enrichment beyond its principal façade facing the junction. Here there is a central canopy with a pitched roof, with the first floor jettied out and a parapet with simple moulding forming two segmental cartouches containing relief carvings of crowns separating the words "THE QUEENS HOTEL".
Statement of Significance
Asset type
BuildingAge
Building in the early 1920s at a prominent central junction within the planned urban expansion of Maltby for the developing coal mine.Rarity
One of the last large brick built public houses that were a characteristic feature of mining villages on the Doncaster Coalfield.Architectural and Artistic Interest
Large early 20th century public house built in the Arts and Crafts revival style of English vernacular with roughcast render and coped gables with limited but effective decoration to its principal central elevation overlooking the junction. The angled elevations of the building with projecting gables reflects the position and status of the site, presumably intended to enhance a picturesque setting now somewhat lost within the busy junction and proliferation of modernist post-war shopping arcades that surrounds it. Nonetheless, the building is a prominent and well designed building of its period and complements the cottage estate domestic development that surrounds it.Group Value
The Queen's Hotel comprises a social focus within the planned suburban expansion of Maltby, with which it forms a group of shared architectural, historical and community value.Historic Interest
The Queen's Hotel may have been built by John Smith's Brewery for use by Doncaster racegoers (from a plaque on the building erected in 2012). It was built by Mr Herbert Mollekin of Maltby who was also responsible for building around 100 council houses and the pit head baths (Sheffield Independent 26.02.1929 p.7). The building was presumably approaching completion in May 1923 when an advertisement was made for an experienced manager (Sheffield Daily Telegraph 30.05.1923) with Mr and Mrs Farnsworth recorded as the first landlords (plaque). Historic newspapers record numerous meetings, both political and social, were held at the building as well as recording several facilities including a garage, concert hall where exhibitions were held, and a music lounge. A blue plaque on the building, erected by Rotherham District Civic Society and Maltby Town Council, record that the famous fast bowler Frederick Seward Trueman OBE, born 1931, waited at the Queens Hotel for the bus to take him to his first Yorkshire Federation cricket match (https://www.jdwetherspoon.com/pub-histories/england/south-yorkshire/the-queens-hotel-rotherham). A statue of Fred by David Webster is situated within the hotel. The building went into decline in the later 20th century and was refurbished and reopened by Weatherspoon's in 2012.Landmark Status
The building has a strong street presence and forms a landmark on a prominent central junction within Maltby.Images and Documents
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Last Updated
07 Jul 2024
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