Conservation Area (CA)
No CA
Local Listing Reference
LLHA0174
Description
Built 1868 but its present appearance may date from alterations of 1896. Indicated on historic maps as a public house, its architectural style and size suggests it likely also operated as an hotel.
Three storey rendered building, with parapet concealing roof. Corner location, with frontages on to Islingword Road and Queen’s Park Road. The two frontages are almost identical. They have a canted bay window flanked by paired windows to each floor. Those to the first floor have round-arched heads. There is a niche set between the second floor windows to the Islingword Road elevation. The bays and paired windows are each surmounted by a pediment at parapet level. Rustication to the ground floor, decorative stucco and pierced decoration to the parapet. The main entrance is set at the corner, which is canted to face the junction. The doorway is flanked by pilasters, with blind openings at first floor level and a single window at second floor level. The interior was refitted in the 1930s. Extension to public bar at north end in 1938 and 1978. Despite loss of original room divisions, the interior it is considered by CAMRA to be of regional importance.
Source: Heritage Pubs and David Muggleton.
A. Architectural, design and artistic interest
ii A good quality and very distinctive ‘hotel-style’ public house. Much of the 1930s pub interior also survives.
C. Townscape interest
ii Not within a conservation area, the building contributes greatly to the streetscene. Its distinctive style increases its prominence in the streetscene.
F. Intactness
i The external design of the building survives, as well as much of the 1930s interior.
Date of inclusion
2015, description updated 2023
