22 Millstone Lane

A former dwelling dating to the 1890s and now in use as a public house.

MATERIALS: the building is constructed of red engineering brick with freestone masonry dressings and a slate roof.

PLAN: the building is nearly square on plan.

EXTERIOR: the building is of two storeys with a tall attic. The ground floor of the front elevation has a tripartite mullioned window with small leaded panes and a shield in a larger pane in the upper central panel. There is a large oriel window above at first floor resting on sweeping masonry corbelling. The main entrance is to the right hand of the ground floor with a modern single-leafed door under a rectangular small-paned fan light. There is a mullioned two-light window above at first floor level. A plinth is composed of courses of blue brick with red brick above and it is topped with a masonry course. The modern timber signage extends the width of the elevation between ground and first floors. There is an ashlar masonry eaves course and a cornice which is detailed with moulded panels and supported by simply detailed consoles. The roof is tall and steeply pitched. Quoins of ashlar masonry define the door and window openings and the sloped cills are also of ashlar masonry. There is a tall brick stack on the left gable end with dentiled detailing around the top. The rear elevation faces a small court and has a single storey flat-roofed conservatory extension which is not of special interest. There are two modern projecting bay windows to the first floor. The side, gable, elevations have an eaves course, otherwise they are blind and mostly obscured by neighbouring buildings.

INTERIOR: beyond the front door is an entrance lobby which leads to a round headed timber-lined arch leading to the main bar area, and to the stairs. There is a deeply-recessed timber panel and multi-pane glass screen with art-nouveau floral and foliate decoration. The staircase rises through the centre of the building and has a timber ballustrade with decorated newel posts and balusters in the form of carved and incised hearts, and turned finials and pendants. The interior of the ground floor and first floor have been refurbished but the plan form remains evident. There have also been later alterations to the attic to form a duplex manager flat. This space was formerly a studio and has a large projecting skylight in the roof.