The Prince Of Wales Public House

The Prince of Wales Public House is a public house built in the mid-1860s. It is constructed of stock brick with stucco bands and dressings, topped with slate roofs and party wall stacks. The building has four storeys and cellars, featuring a projecting ground floor bar at the front. The upper floors have four windows, which are sash windows set in architrave surrounds with pilasters on the sides. These windows rise through the third floor from a broad second-floor band, culminating in a central segmental pediment decorated with the Prince of Wales' feathers. There is a projecting bow on the first floor, and a broad first-floor band over the carriage entrance extends as a cornice to the projecting ground floor bar. The large paned windows, which may have been renewed, feature acid etched glass and are set between granite piers with Corinthian capitals.

Inside, the public house retains a remarkable interior. The long, narrow space is divided into front and back bars, with a long counter on the left. A late 19th-century glazed screen with acid etched decoration separates the bars, featuring Queen Anne style panels with small lights above and below the central panels, which have curved tops. A round-headed opening with a keystone serves the bar, with a later opening in the centre for customers. Turned balusters are present between the screen and the ceiling. The 19th-century counter is heavily splayed and includes a bar back. The front bar is illuminated by a clerestory, and both bars feature thin cornices and matchboard panelling in the front bar, which also has moulded beams on the ceiling. The building is noted for being an example of a mid-19th-century public house that retains an unusual number of later 19th-century fittings.