Barley Mow

The Barley Mow is a public house, dating to the late 18th century with a late 19th-century ground floor frontage. It occupies a corner site and is constructed of stock brick, with a brick end stack. The building is four storeys high. The front has a timber and glass public house frontage with three sets of double doors, featuring late 20th-century etched glass. Consoles frame the name band fascia. Each upper storey has three plain pane sash windows. A moulded cornice sits above the windows, topped by a plain parapet. The roof is concealed. The return elevation has a multi-paned fixed window on the ground floor, with two of the lower panes having late 19th-century etched glass, and one pane a late 20th-century replacement. Upper floors have two plain pane sash windows on each floor. A rear entrance has a late 20th-century doorcase. Inside, the bar counter features rectangular panels and small consoles on plain pilasters. Matchboard panelling extends to full height on the side walls. Two small, late 19th-century cubicles with fixed seats and doors are attached to the left-hand side of the bar counter. The bar back is partly 19th century, including a 19th-century brass tap for gin. Two brass plates advertising spirits are attached to the counter, with a rear plate also stating prices. A mid-to-late 20th-century pot shelf is above the counter. The rear bar and corridor have fielded panelling dating from around 1800. The Barley Mow is a metropolitan street corner public house retaining good 19th-century detail internally and externally. The attached drinking cubicles are an exceptionally rare survival.