The Little John Public House And Attached Carriage Gates

The Little John Public House and attached carriage gates is an inn and carriage arch dating from the early 18th century, with a mid-19th century front and later extension. The building features a stucco front on a painted stone plinth, with a timber eaves cornice that has brackets. The rear of the front range is rendered, while the rear wing is constructed of orange-red brick in random bond, topped with a slate roof and brick stacks.

The exterior has a three-storey, four-bay front. On the left side of the ground floor is a flat carriage arch, which is closed by double gates made of arrow-tipped railings, set between chamfer-stopped jambs and topped with a plain entablature that ends in paired grooved brackets. The main entrance is through glazed double doors located in a one-storey extension behind the arch. To the right of the arch, the inn front features three 12-pane sash windows with dwarf fluted pilaster jambs and painted moulded sills, all beneath a continuous frieze and cornice supported by grooved brackets. On the first floor, there is a three-light bow window with 12-pane sashes to the left, and to the right, a tripartite window with a 12-pane sash flanked by two 8-pane sashes. The second floor also has 12-pane sash windows, and a broad raised band is present at this level. An inverted bell rainwater head is located at the right end of the eaves cornice.

The rear of the building features a three-storey gable wall with a projecting three-storey wing to the left. Above the carriage arch, there is a 24-pane sash window on the first floor of the gable wall. The yard side of the wing is not visible. The rear elevation, which overlooks the yard behind No. 7 Castlegate, has its ground floor obscured by lean-to buildings, and at the inner end, there are single unequal 12-pane sash windows with flat arches on both the first and second floors. The property also includes cast-iron gates as subsidiary features.