The Springfield Public House

The Springfield Public House is a public house built in 1903 by Heaton and Ralph of Wigan. It is constructed of red stock brick in English garden wall bond with orange terracotta and faience dressings, topped with graduated slate roofs. The building has an L-plan layout on a corner site, featuring a bold Free Renaissance style.

The exterior includes a symmetrical, three-storey main range with three bays. Full-height canted bay windows are located under shaped gables on either side of the entrance bay. The doorway is framed by large attached Ionic columns and features a moulded round-headed archway with alternating raised voussoirs. Above the archway is a large panel displaying the name of the hotel and its date, supported by a swan-neck pediment. Each floor above the doorway has a window, with the second-floor window being a keyed oculus. The canted bays have windows with moulded architraves; the ground-floor windows are etched with "News Room" and "Commercial Room," while the upper windows are sashed in the Queen Anne style. The gable walls are corbelled and richly decorated.

To the left of the main building is a single-storey billiard room, which has a canted bay window and a hipped roof. The right-hand return facing Rylands Street consists of two sections: the first is three storeys with two windows, featuring a shaped gable on the left and a polygonal turret topped with a lead-clad cupola on the right, with doorway and window detailing similar to the front. The second section is two storeys with two windows and a ground-floor bay. The roof has a dentilled four-light dormer.

The interior remains almost intact, showcasing an elaborate central counter with reeded pilasters and decorative panels below and open above, divided by columns and cornice. Additional features include door surrounds, glazed partitions, fireplaces with overmantels and tiled surrounds, and console cornices.