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.
13. Farewell
Chairs abandoned at the old Queens Hotel pub on Scotland Street Photo: Urban Bloody Bear
14. Last orders
The former Queens Hotel pub on Scotland Street is being demolished to make way for 229 flats Photo: Urban Bloody Bear
15. Eerie
The old Queens Hotel on Scotland Street after years of dereliction Photo: Urban Bloody Bear
16. Memories
An old photos lies abandoned inside the former Queens Hotel pub on Scotland Street Photo: Urban Bloody Bear