Demolition of the former Queen’s Hotel pub on Scotland Street, just outside the city centre, began today, Friday, January 29.
The former pub, which closed in 1997, is being bulldozed along with the old Robert Neill & Co electrical wholesalers premises to create space for 229 apartments to be built by Rise Homes.
The pub opened in 1791 as the Queens Inn, it is understood, with the present building dating back to 1928.
Previous plans to convert the disused building into a massage parlour or to restore it as a pub while creating 126 apartments fell by the wayside before Rise Home’s £40 million plans for apartment blocks rising up to 10 storeys were approved.
These photos taken by The Star photographer Dean Atkins show demolition in progress, while photos previously taken by Urban Bloody Bear and shared to the 28 Days Later website show how it looked inside after years of dereliction.
10. Last meal?
A tub of salt left behind at the old Queens Hotel on Scotland Street Photo: Urban Bloody Bear
11. Old fireplace
Inside the old Queens Hotel pub on Scotland Street Photo: Urban Bloody Bear
12. Faded glory
It's a long time since anyone enjoyed a night out at the old Queens Hotel pub on Scotland Street Photo: Urban Bloody Bear