Black Friar Public House

The Black Friar Public House is a public house dated 1886, designed by William Ball of Manchester. It is built from red brick with red sandstone dressings and some tile-hanging, topped with a slate roof, and is in the Vernacular Revival style. The building has a modified L-plan and stands two-and-a-half storeys over cellars, featuring three bays, with the first and third bays gabled.

The exterior includes a chamfered plinth, three string courses, and steeply-pitched gables with oversailing verges. The upper parts of the gables are tile-hung, with small pentices over the attic windows. The ground floor has a broad lintel band across the first and second bays, each with an entrance featuring a moulded surround and a flattened ogee head; the entrance in the second bay has a swan-necked pediment above it. The first bay has one window to the left, the second bay has two windows, and the third bay has a tripartite window, all of which are sashed.

On the first floor, the second bay features a canted oriel made of stone with mullions and a transom, and a band on the corbel inscribed with the words: "YOU MAY GO FURTHER AND FARE WORSE." The first and third bays have tripartite windows, each with an extrados of red brick and a carved stone tympanum. The tympanum on the left depicts a friar displaying a banner with the words "THE BLACK FRIAR," while the right tympanum includes a shield with corn sheaves and bees, inscribed below with "BLACKFRIARS" "OLD SCHOOL." The gables of the outer bays have 3-light mullioned windows, and the centre features a flat-roofed 4-light dormer.

The left return wall has a tall chimney that is corbelled from the first floor and breaks the eaves, with a stone plaque at its base inscribed "Rebuilt AD 1886."

Inside, there are some original fittings and plan elements. The entrance lobby includes a door to the left leading to the vault and a door ahead with cut and etched glass. The hall features an altered curved bar and a Jacobean style stair. The parlour has two altered lobby screens, fixed upholstered seating, bell pushes, and a fireplace. The vault has simple fixed upholstered seating and a modern opening to a remodelled area at the rear.