The Star Inn

Public house, created in 1902 by remodelling and extension of a C19 pub. It occupies the ground floor of the original building and part of the ground floor of the 1902 extension. The remainder of the interiors are plain and not of special interest, and are excluded from the listing.

MATERIALS: sandstone and dressed sandstone, with pitched slate roofs.

PLAN: L-shaped. C19 two-storey east-west range with three-storey building of 1902 attached to its south-east corner, and various rear ranges.

EXTERIOR: the earlier range has two storeys and two bays with a ground floor entrance, a narrow cellar window to the left, and a pair of first-floor sash windows. Attached to its left gable there is a single-storey pitched roof service building with a central entrance. The later projecting range to the south-east corner has a central chimneystack and a full roof dormer with decorative finials. The end gables bargeboards and finials. Solar panels are fixed to the roof, and the windows have replacement uPVC glazing.

The south elevation has two sliding sash windows to each floor. The left return contains the ground-floor pub entrance, fitted with an original four-panelled door with rectangular overlight above and a brass plate recording the name of the proprietor 'Wm W W Morton'. The right return has scattered fenestration including an arched stair window.

The rear elevation has an attached single-storey lean-to extension and windows with replacement uPVC glazing.

INTERIOR: Small entrance lobby with lincrusta lined walls, which are painted above. Panelling and doors are timber, probably painted pine. The public room opens off to the right of the lobby and is entered through a door with frosted-glass upper panels protected by three metal bars to each side. The room is simply detailed with bare slatted fixed wooden seating along all sides, and a 1950s replacement tiled fireplace. A large Edinburgh Pale Ale mirror is affixed to the chimneybreast. A narrow, rectangular service area lies to the left of the vestibule; this has a service hatch with a panelled front and a wooden hatch flap looking over the lobby. A wooden door in the rear partition wall of the servery with frosted-glass upper panels opens into a small, plain partitioned rear room, which is lit by a small-paned window using borrowed light from the servery. The west end of the servery opens into the cellar, with stone sconces around two walls, and timber fixed shelving. The rear wall of the lobby is formed of a panelled wooden partition with a central door with frosted-glass upper panels and a brass plate carrying the names of the proprietor and premises 'Wm. W W Morton/ The Star Hotel/ Netherton.’

The rest of the building, which houses domestic accommodation that is plain and standard for its date, and is not of special interest; it is excluded from the listing. The interior of the single-storey service building attached to the west gable of the earlier range was not inspected (2025).