The Blackbird Public House

HERTFORD

TL3212NE PARLIAMENT SQUARE 817-1/17/158 (East side) 12/04/73 Nos.15 AND 17 The Blackbird Public House (Formerly Listed as: PARLIAMENT SQUARE No.17 The Blackbird Public House)

GV II

House, now public house. C17, altered mid C19, with further C20 alterations. Timber-framed structure cased in brick and stuccoed, with brown stock brick, laid to Flemish Bond, to rear and left-hand wing (No.15). Welsh slated roofs. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attics, 5 bay structure (No.17). First floor (No.15) has 3 recessed C19 sash windows with divided glazing, under rubbed brick flat arches, and with stucco band at first-floor level. First floor (No.17) has 3 triple light sash windows with plain glazing in projecting stucco surrounds with moulded consoles below eaves. Stucco quoins at left and right plat band at first-floor level with deep fascia below carrying wide painted nameboard. Ground floor (No.15) has rebuilt carriageway at left, with twin leaf boarded gates, and reset sash window at right in former carriageway. Ground floor (No.17) has 2 wide recessed closed 3-light windows with arcaded heads in projecting stucco surrounds, with consoles below sills left and right. Central doorway, with half glazed door recessed between stucco pilasters, above 2 stone steps. Roof steeply pitched over No.17 with 3 sash box dormers, and yellow brick stacks with bands and oversailing courses. INTERIOR: single bar space, now including part ground floor of No.15. Central dispense with C19 bar counter having recessed panelling with scotia mouldings, and bar top carried on Acanthus scrolls. Boarded dado. Upper floors not inspected.

Listing NGR: TL3261812510