The Elephant and Castle Public House

The Elephant and Castle Public House is a public house with a fancifully styled frontage built in the early 20th century. Constructed of red brick, it features terracotta and faience dressings and has a slated roof. This two-storey building has three bays facing Westgate. The outer bays are topped with large, shaped pediments, while the central bay has a smaller segmental pediment. Each of these pediments displays raised gold lettering on terracotta scrolls that read ‘Elephant and Castle’. Above these pediments is a blocking course with an entablature and frieze. The first-floor windows are mostly pedimented, primarily with open-based segmental pediments. The ground-floor frontage is adorned with glazed brown tiles, pilasters, spandrels, and a frieze decorated in gold and green. The entrance, located in the central bay, is round-arched, and the flanking bays feature wide, four-centred arches.