The Black Queen History

The Black Queen was hand built by a very dedicated and amazing woman, Joan Andrews, who became a stonemason and extraordinary artist at 60 years of age.

It took Joan nine years (1979 - 1988) to complete the three miners cottages incorporating some 14,000 bottles and cans into 34 of the world's most beautiful designed feature walls.

When we stumbled upon the Black Queen it had been up for sale for 5 years and Joan was 84 years of age still conducting tours through her three cottages.