Wine Vaults Public House

The Wine Vaults Public House is a building that dates back to the 18th century, with later additions. It consists of a house on the left and a public house with a dwelling on the right, forming one structure. The exterior features squared coursed ironstone and a steeply pitched slate roof, with a rendered base at the left end stack. The building has two storeys plus an attic and a five-window range.

For No. 5, the entrance on the left has a rusticated stone surround, a six-panelled door with a decorative overlight, and a boot-scraper recess to the right. To the left of the entrance, there is a tripartite sash window with a rusticated stone surround. The first floor has three sash windows with glazing bars, all featuring rusticated stone surrounds.

No. 6, which houses the public house, has a ground floor shop front with two sash windows that have glazing bars and a wide six-panelled door. The first floor features two sash windows with rusticated stone surrounds, and there are bands at the first floor and below the parapet. The attic has five gabled dormers.

The interior of No. 6, the Wine Vaults Public House, has a narrow linear plan. The street entrance leads to an internal lobby with vertically boarded, half-glazed doors, glazed overlights, and panelled partitions. Inside, the public house has bar counters set parallel to the west side wall, serving a main bar, two smaller snug bars, and a rear smoke room, all connected by a bar passage. The main bar and snug bars have fixed bench seating against dividing partitions, while the passage has bench seating against the vertical boarded front. The back bar features plain boarding and fixed shelving. The south snug is accessed through a half-glazed door and includes mirror-backed shelving. An angled partition screen creates a servery for the rear smoke room, which also has fixed bench seating. This distinctive public house interior contains modest but significant fittings and furnishings that reflect the need for separate bar functions on a restricted site, making it an increasingly rare survival.