The Railway, formerly known as The Railway Tavern is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 2013. Public house.

The Railway, formerly known as The Railway Tavern

WRENN ID
guardian-vestry-lake
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Breckland
Country
England
Date first listed
18 October 2013
Type
Public house
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Railway is a public house, dating from the 18th century. It is constructed of flint with gault brick dressings, and has a pitched roof covered in slate. The building is approximately rectangular, with a projecting central entrance porch on the front (south-west) elevation. The rear (north-east) has two narrow, single-storey service wings, although these have been partially incorporated into a late 20th-century extension.

The two-storey building has a three-bay frontage, with the outer bays gabled and embellished with decorative wavy bargeboards and finials. Brick quoins define the corners, and there are two prominent brick chimneys rising through the ridge, each with three tall angled stacks with oversailing courses. The centrally placed, gabled entrance porch features the same bargeboards and finial as the gabled bays, and has a vertical plank timber door (not original) set under a four-centred brick arch. Flanking the porch are canted bays with tiled roofs and timber casement windows, likely dating from the late 19th or early 20th century, as do all the windows. The first floor is lit by three windows with paired casements, set in elaborate blocked brick surrounds with prominent sills. The fenestration is regular across the building.

The left and right return elevations are two bays each, with dentilled brick eaves and two windows on each floor; the ground floor windows are longer. The first-floor windows on the left return are boarded up. The rear elevation mirrors the front, aside from the gabled porch, and features the two narrow service wings. A small, modern, flat-roofed extension in yellow brick has been built at the rear of the wings, providing shelter between them and partially concealing the original wings.

The interior ground floor walls have been knocked through to create an open plan, and few 19th-century fixtures and fittings remain. The fireplaces, originally serving three separate bars, are blocked up, and the large central bar counter is of recent construction. The first-floor accommodation has been modernised and does not retain any fireplaces or 19th-century joinery.

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