Black Dog Public House

The Black Dog Public House is a public house built in the 17th century or early 18th century, which has been extended and altered in several phases, most recently in the late 20th century.

The main east elevation is rendered, with a smooth finish on the ground floor and roughcast on the first floor. Limestone walls are visible in the carriage entrance, suggesting that limestone was the primary building material beneath the render. The roof is covered with clay pantiles.

The main east range is oriented north-south and runs parallel to Watergate, with a linear rear range extending to the west. The eastern range has two storeys and features four bays facing Watergate, topped by a steeply pitched roof that has two brick chimney stacks. One chimney, likely added when the adjacent building was constructed in the 18th century, rises from the north gable wall, while the other is located between the two southernmost bays.

The ground floor is framed by a rendered and painted lintel, which connects painted brick quoins that rise to a cornice at the first-floor cill height. There is an off-centre doorway with an attached fixed two-pane window featuring leaded lights, all within a shared timber surround with a cornice. Flanking the doorway and window are two timber casement windows with leaded lights, set in simply moulded timber surrounds beneath drip moulds.

The southernmost bay includes a carriage entrance lined with limestone rubble walling, leading to the rear courtyard. On the first floor, there are three window openings with simply moulded timber surrounds that contain uPVC casements. Two of these windows are of matching size and positioned above the ground-floor windows, while the third is smaller and located above the carriage entrance. A timber and metal hanging bracket with a late 20th-century pub sign is attached to the first floor between the two larger window openings. Additionally, a small skylight is situated in the roof slope facing Watergate.