Black Dog Public House

Public house, constructed during the C17 or early C18, extended and altered in multiple phases, most recently in the late-C20.

MATERIALS: the principal, east elevation is rendered (smooth on the ground floor and roughcast on the first); limestone walls visible in the carriage entrance may point to the primary building material beneath the render. The roof covering is clay pantile.

PLAN: the principal, east range is orientated north-south and runs parallel to Watergate, with a linear rear range projecting to the west.

EXTERIOR: the principal, eastern range is of two storeys across four bays onto Watergate, under a steeply-pitched roof punctuated by two brick chimney stacks: one, likely extended when the adjacent building was constructed in the C18, rising up the north gable wall, the other rising between the two southernmost bays. The ground floor is framed by a rendered and painted lintel, running between painted brick quoins which rise to a cornice running the length of the façade at first floor cill height. It contains an off-centre doorway with an attached, fixed, two-pane window with leaded lights, contained within a shared timber surround with a cornice. The doorway and window are flanked by two timber casement windows with leaded lights, within simply moulded timber surrounds under drip moulds.

The southernmost bay contains 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 containing uPVC casements. Two are of matching size and located over the ground-floor windows, while the third is smaller and located over the carriage entrance. A timber and metal hanging bracket with a late-C20 pub sign is attached to the first floor between the two larger window openings. A small skylight is positioned in the roof slope facing Watergate.