The Earl Of Derby Public House

The Earl of Derby public house dates to approximately 1880. It is constructed of London stock brick with stucco dressings, and has a slate roof. The west elevation has two storeys and five windows. The corners are accentuated by rusticated pilasters, and the full-width facade facing the road is divided into three elements by four marble pilasters with Corinthian capitals. The first element (from the left) features half-glazed double doors surmounted by a segmental overlight, along with a plate glass window also with a segmental overlight. A tall console rises to a fascia between the window and door. The central element is an identical mirror image. The third element consists of two identical windows. A plain fascia is set between block entablatures, featuring paired consoles, and sits beneath a cornice with egg-and-dart decoration. The first floor has five 2/2 horned sash windows, each set within a stuccoed segmental head. A plain parapet tops the elevation. The south front is a similar four-window range with identical elements, the public house front articulated into three sections: a door and window, another door and window, and a final door.

A north doorway on the west front leads to an internal porch, with full-height decorative tiling to the north wall and a serpentine engraved glass screen to the south. Double half-glazed inner doors, also with engraved glass, are under a shouldered segmental overlight. The north-facing saloon bar includes decorative floral tiling to the dado inside the doorway, and two decorative tiled panels above. The fireplace was rebuilt in the 1970s. There is also a south-facing public bar. The bar counter runs in a wide U-shape, serving both bars, and is divided into panels by single and paired fluted pilasters, with carved consoles featuring Ionic capitals. A moulded counter top edge is present, along with bar shelving containing four panels of engraved glass, a central half-glazed door to offices and a kitchen (also with engraved glass), and four 2-tier tabernacle bottle shelves that project on slender moulded columns, with a moulded lower cornice and open balustrade to the top, continuing into a continuous coved upper fascia via fretwork quadrants. A moulded cornice sits above. A low screen divides the snug bar from the public bar, featuring a panelled dado that continues around the interior. The snug is accessed via the central entrance door on the west front.