The Rising Sun Public House

CASTLEFORD SE42SW WHITWOOD COMMON LANE 4/11 The Rising Sun Public 14.4.1975 House GV II

Miners' Institute, now public house. 1905, by C. F. A. Voysey, for Henry Briggs or Son; altered. Roughcast render on brick, tiled roofs. L-shaped plan. Single-storey main range joined by a link to a 4-stage tower at the right-hand end, with a single-storey service wing to the rear of this. In Arts and Crafts style. The principal element is a long range with low eaves and gabled wings which project slightly, and a flat-roofed glazed verandah enclosing the front between the wings, and overlapping them slightly. The verandah has 3 symmetrically-disposed doorways which divide otherwise continuous fenestration into groups of 3, 4, 4, and 3 lights, all of 6 panes; and a similar single-light window in each end. The gable of each wing has a C17-style transomed 8-light window with sandstone frame and small panes, and 2 bands, with lettering between them "THE RISING SUN" Chimney on outer roof slope of left wing. To the right of the right wing, The link has a 4-light window, double garage doors enclosing a formerly open walk-way, and a triangular louvre in the roof. The square tower has two vertically aligned 3-light windows offset to the right, and a small single- light window at a higher level to the left of each of these, a band carried round the whole between the 3rd and 4th stages, an oculus to the 4th stage, an embattled parapet and a low pyramidal roof. The left return wall has a pair of small single-light windows to the 4th stage. The right return wall has one window to each stage, all of 3 lights except the lowest which is a oculus, which has a hoodmould. Chimney rising from rear right-hand corner of parapet. Interior: formerly provided Billiard Room and Library (etc) but replaced by bar. (Fittings and stained glass windows in Edwardian style are recent alterations).

Listing NGR: SE4056924318