Queen's Arms, Cowden Pound

The Queens Arms is a Grade II listed public house at Hartfield Road, Cowden in Kent.[1] It is on the Campaign for Real Ale's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors.[2]

Queen's Arms
The Queens Arms in 2006
Location in Kent
General information
Type	Public house
Location	Cowden, Kent
Address	Queens Arms, Hartfield Road, Cowden Pond, Kent TN8 5NP
Coordinates	51°09′49″N 0°05′27″E
Designations
Listed Building – Grade II
Official name	Queens Arms
Designated	1999-07-28
Reference no.	1387747

It was built in the mid 19th century.[1] This unspoilt two bar pub was saved from closure in 2014 when the long standing landlady gave up her tenure. Elsie Maynard took over the licence from her mother Annie in 1973. The pub had been in the hands of the same family since 1913 and is still known locally as Annie's.

The pub sign

Originally a Tied house of E. & H. Kelsey Brewery of Tunbridge Wells, house it passed to J.W. Green of Luton and later to Whitbread and Admiral Taverns. It is now in private hands. It was famed for many years for having a hand painted sign "Lager not sold here" sign to the left of the front door.