The Vine Public House

The Vine Public House is a public house dating from 1938. It is an exceptionally complete example of a small pub interior from the interwar period, considered nationally important and of group value. The building is constructed of brick, predominantly in Flemish bond with tile banding, and has a parapetted plain tile roof with tall end stacks.

The interior is arranged with a Public Bar to the left and a Smoke Room to the right of the main entrance, both served by a central bar area. There are doors from these rooms to a rear stair hall, and a Smoking Room to the left-hand side of the rear wing.

The front elevation has three windows and a main door set in a chamfered stone surround, above which is a stepped panel featuring a decorative glazed tile plaque bearing the name "THE VINE". The ground floor windows are steel casements in brick-mullioned and transomed four-light frames, whilst the first floor windows have three-light brick-mullioned frames. The gable end walls are slightly canted.

The interior retains original leaded lights, brass plates to the doors identifying the rooms, and original fitments. Terrazzo flooring is present. Fireplaces include glazed tile examples, with an artificial stone fireplace with stop-chamfered moulded surround in the Smoke Room. Original settles are provided around the walls of the Public Bar, upholstered. Stained panels depicting room names and grape clusters decorate the front windows, with similar decorative panels on other elevations. The open-well stair combines Vernacular Revival and Art Deco elements, featuring finials and pendentives on the newel posts, but a 'moderne' style balustrade.

The pub's style is a fusion of English Domestic and North European (particularly Dutch) architecture. The interior rooms remain largely unaltered, with original door furniture and fittings displaying varying degrees of elaboration between the Smoke Room and Public Bar.