The Black Bull

The Black Bull is a public house and shop located on the south side of Donington Market Place. It dates from the mid-17th century, with later alterations in the late 17th century, refronting and extension in the 18th century, and further changes in the 19th and 20th centuries. The building is constructed of colourwashed brick, partly in Flemish bond, and features slate roofs. The right-hand range has brick coped gables and two ridge and gable stacks, forming an L-plan structure.

The public house has a two-storey, irregular three-bay front. The left bay is taller, advanced, and separately roofed, representing an addition to the earlier lower range. This section includes a first-floor band, dentillated eaves, and a tripartite glazing bar sash window on each floor with cambered heads. To the right, there is a 20th-century brick porch with a glazed door, followed by a single plain sash window and another tripartite sash window. On the first floor, there is a single two-light sliding glazing bar sash window at the eaves.

To the right of the public house is a taller two-storey, irregular three-bay early 18th-century range. This features a central half-glazed door with a shop window to the right, outlined with plain wooden pilasters and fascia. To the left, there is a canted bay window with plain sashes, pilasters, a moulded cornice, and a flat lead roof. To the right, an open carriageway with a wooden lintel leads to the first floor, which has a central glazing bar sash window with a segmental brick head, flanked by single two-light sliding glazing bar sashes at the eaves.

Inside the lower front range of the public house, there are deeply chamfered ceiling girders with ogee stops and a chamfered fireplace bressumer. The rear wing features a staggered butt purlin roof from the late 17th century.