The 1936 Pub Company opened The Queen of Hope Street on the corner of Hope Street and Myrtle Street, opposite the Philharmonic Hall, sitting at the cultural heart of the Georgian Quarter. It transformed the building previously occupied by The Refinery Kitchen and Bar from 2016 and which closed its doors after seven years in business. The pub takes over the ground floor space of the Josephine Butler Building, on the site of the former historic Josephine Butler House which was named in honour of one of the country’s most recognised social reformers. Josephine Butler, who moved with her husband to live in Liverpool in the mid-1800s, played a major role in improving conditions for women in education and public health, and fought for the abolition of the slave trade. Josephine Butler House was, before its academic use, the home of the first Radium Institute in the UK. It later became part of Liverpool John Moores University and was used for teaching until a controversial move by the university, around 2006, saw the building, along with Hahnemann House on Hope Street and the former School of Art, sold to Maghull Developments, who planned to demolish it. In 2008Maghull Developments Ltd, the building's owners, said they were carrying out "specialised restoration work to the stone facade" of the historic building, which was constructed in 1867, but it was subsequently destroyed by the developers as not listed correctly, to make way for student accommodation.
The Queen of Hope Street is inspired by the vintage early 19th-century gin palace pub but with a modern twist that appeals to a wide age demographic.The walls are bedecked with brewery memorabilia, period antiques and specially commissioned large framed prints of some of the queens referred to in the venue’s name. In the hunt for a traditional name, the pub decided to pay tribute to "Liverpool's queens", including feminist and social reformer Josephine Butler. The venue takes over an expansive area covering 150 seated customers and a further 250 standing capacity. On offer are a very serious selection of 17 beers and ales on draught, rotating mainly local cask ales, stouts, ciders, crafty beers, whiskeys, some lovely cocktails and very nice wines.
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