The Holly Bush Public House

The Holly Bush Public House is a late 1930s building, likely built on older foundations. It is constructed of brick, rendered and painted, with flat roofs hidden behind decorative parapets and low side stacks, and designed in an Art Deco style. The building is single and two storeys high, following the rise in the street and incorporating a cellar. It comprises three stepped ranges, the highest on the left featuring a two-light window over a three-light window. A lower range sits beside it, with wider windows, and a long, single-storey range occupies the centre and right side, housing the main entrance. Various small windows are incorporated, with a long horizontal window curving around the right corner, where further windows and another entrance are located. All windows have painted brick surrounds with projecting lintels, and similar lintels are found on the other windows in the two-storey ranges. The parapets on the front and sides of the various ranges are decorated with Art Deco fluting. The interior remains remarkably unaltered, comprising two main rooms, an off-sales area, and access to a servery that serves a fourth space, a drinking lobby; a further public room leads off the lobby. Original features include curved bar fronts, exposed brick and tiled fireplaces, original part-glazed doors with diagonal handles and decorative door-heads, and original fixed benches, architraves, and dados. Original tile floors are present in one bar and the toilets, which also retain original wall tiling. The brick-vaulted cellar features a brick floor and thrawls, and likely predates the rest of the building. The public house has a carefully designed exterior which complements its remarkably unaltered interior.