The Abbey Public House

SP08NW THIMBLEMILL ROAD 1868/9/10022 Bearwood 31-MAY-00 The Abbey Public House

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Public house. 1931; by Edwin Francis Reynolds of Wood and Kendrick and Edwin F. Reynolds of Birmingham. Buff-coloured brick in Flemish bond and with some stone dressings. Clay plain tile hipped roof with modillion eaves cornice and segmental pedimented dormers. Tall brick axial stacks with arched panels. PLAN: Large central public bar, flanked by smoke-rooms, and with dining room behind; at the rear a terraced courtyard with a loggia at the back. Neo-Georgian style. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attic. Symmetrical 1:7:1 bay east front, the left and right end bays with canted bays on the ground floor, 15-pane sashes on ground floor, 9-pane sashes on first floor, in moulded cases; central stone doorway with bolection architrave and pediment, doorways to left and right with overlights. At rear [W] flanking hipped wings with single-storey flat roof range between, facing terraced walled courtyard with loggia at back [W] with pairs of columns. South side 2:1 bays, the right advanced and with canted bay on ground floor. Sash windows complete with glazing bars. INTERIOR: Public bar has bar counter with panelled front and bar back with paired pilasters and segmental pediment over central bay. Smoke-rooms with chimneypieces, the mixed smoke-room has good chimneypiece with moulded shaped wooden architrave and blue and white tiles and upholstered benches. The interior joinery might be the work of Peter de Waals of Daneway, Gloucestershire. Stairs with stick balusters to landlord's flat which has wooden chimneypiece. SOURCE: Oliver, Basil, The Renaissance of the English Public House [1947], pp 88 and 89.

Listing NGR: SP0178886643