The Phoenix Public House

The Phoenix Public House is a public house built in the late 18th century and remodelled in 1897. It features orange-brown brick with incised stucco on the front and sides, while the rear is constructed in English garden-wall bond. The building has a timber inn front and a pantile roof with brick stacks.

The exterior consists of a two-storey, three-bay front. The inn front is framed by plain pilasters that support a moulded cornice, which rises into shaped gablets over the pilaster heads. To the left, there is a six-panel door with a small-pane overlight, next to a three-light window that has coloured glass transom lights above a tiled riser. To the left of the inn front, there is a segmental carriage arch that is closed by paired slatted gates. The first-floor windows are two-light bays on brackets with casements. Above the carriage arch, there is a shaped inn sign.

At the rear, the building has two storeys with three windows, behind a one-storey lean-to. The windows at the rear are one-pane sashes. Inside, the layout includes a side corridor plan with a front bar and a stand-up lobby, featuring a dividing glazed screen.

The Phoenix is notable for being the last surviving pub within the City walls that served the cattle market, which was held within Fishergate Bar until 1827.