Denmark Arms Public House

The Denmark Arms is a public house, dating from approximately 1890, with a later extension added around 1900. It is constructed of gault and red brick with sandstone window surrounds and dressings, terracotta plaques, and a concrete corrugated roof.

The original, north-facing section is two storeys with a dormer attic, featuring a six-window front. The earlier public house front has four bays on the ground floor, with two tripartite leaded windows separated by pilasters below a deep artificial stone cornice. An arched doorway is topped by a segmental pediment bearing an achievement, with a second door in a canted corner bay also under a segmental head and cornice. The first floor is brick-banded with artificial stone, and features three two-light transomed windows with alternating triangular and segmental pediments and carving. A canted bay window extends through two storeys, pierced by single-light casements arranged as a frieze of five in the attic. A tall gabled dormer has a three-light mullioned window. A canted bay displays a plaque bearing the name of the premises. Stacks are located on the north and south wall planes.

A later six-bay extension extends to the east and south, featuring a canted corner bay to the south-east, topped by a domed attic cupola. The elevations are similar, with four composite pilasters framing arched windows with leaded glazing on the ground floor. Arched entrance doors are located at the ends of the elevations, with a principal entrance in the south-east corner. The central three bays project, and the first floor is divided by sandstone pilasters. The windows are single- and two-light casements. A terracotta relief panel frieze is set into the cornice. The attic includes a central gabled dormer with two arched one-over-one horned sash windows, and a smaller round-headed dormer fitted with a similar window. A reduced ridge stack is present. A late 20th-century pentice dormer has been added.

The interior of the north bar is open plan, with two Ionic columns supporting heavy modillion cornices that divide the ceiling into six rectangular compartments. The walls have a dado rail and deep plaster cornice decorated with putti supporting achievements. Pedimented doorcases lead to toilets at the north end, separated by a marble chimneypiece with a mirror as an overmantel. A similar chimneypiece is located on the south wall at the east end. A further pedimented doorcase provides access to the exterior on the right. The bar counter was altered in the 1970s. The south bar was designed as a public bar, and is less elaborate. Two thin Corinthian columns rise to plain cornices, dividing the ceiling into six rectangular compartments. The bar counter here was also altered in the 1970s, but the west side retains original Ionic columns. Walls are adorned with a heavy lincrusta frieze. The main doorways have engraved glass.