The Crown And Greyhound Public House And Attached Lamp Brackets

The Crown and Greyhound public house dates to around 1900 and is built in an Old English style, designed to evoke the appearance of a double-ended hall house. The ground floor is constructed of polished granite pilasters and stucco cement, while the first floor is red brick in a Flemish bond pattern, with alternating stone bands, and decorative pargeting and mock box-framing to the gables. The central section has a hipped tile roof, with gable-facing roofs to the cross gables. The building has two and a half storeys over a basement, with a five-window range to the centre and a canted bay window at each end. On the ground floor, pilasters are articulated with attached lamp brackets. Entrances are located in the first, third, and sixth window ranges, the last of which is set under a prostyle porch with a Composite order and balustrades above. The first-floor elevation is divided into a hall house form, featuring segmental-arched windows of alternating widths linked by a springing band. The soffit to the eaves of the central section is ornamented with a floral frieze. The coved cornice under the box-framed gable is pierced by two-light windows. A dormer is located in the centre of the roof, with the central window topped by a box-framed gable. Stacks are present on the right return and to the right of the left-hand cross wing, with a gable-facing dormer on the left return. The interior ground floor is divided into four roughly identical rooms, featuring panelling with original Jacobean strapwork to the walls and frieze, and beams that divide the ceiling into smaller panels. Etched glass is found at entrances and internal partitions. A bar with curved ends runs through the ground floor.