White Horse Hotel

The White Horse Hotel is a public house built in the late 18th century, with additions and alterations made in 1869. The building is stuccoed and features a Welsh slate roof along with three sandstone chimneys. It has an L-shaped layout, with a three-storey gabled front on the right and a two-bay, two-storey addition on the left. The gabled bay includes raised quoins and flat rusticated heads above the windows, which are tripartite sashes without glazing bars, and features a carved palmette on the keystone. The left addition has larger tripartite sashes that are placed under a hood mould. The doorcase is notable for its heavy cornice supported by square pilasters with a raised panel, above a plain rectangular fanlight and a heavily moulded six-panelled door. Inside, the only surviving feature from the 1869 alterations is the ceiling cornices, as the interior has been modernised. Historically, bears were kept at this location until the mid-19th century for public bear-baiting in Fountain Square. The building is listed for its group value only.