Crystal Palace Public House

The Crystal Palace Public House is a public house built around 1820, with alterations made in the late 20th century. It features rendered stonework, and the roof is not visible from the street. The building has a double depth plan and includes a modern conservatory extension at the rear.

It stands two storeys tall and is five windows wide, with a three-window center and pedimented ends that are slightly set forward. The ground floor end windows are in semicircular headed panels with impost blocks and bolection architraves above. The central doorway, which has been truncated, features a pedimented hood on console brackets and a panelled door with a rectangular light above. All windows are six-over-six sash types set in plain reveals, and there is a sill band on the first floor. A cornice runs over the center section, connecting the two pediments, and there is a coped parapet. A very tall stone stack on the left rises to the ridge height of the adjacent No. 9 Abbey Green. The building slightly projects over the front of No. 2 Abbey Street. A similar doorway is found in the return to the bar.

Inside, the ground floor has been much altered, featuring bars with a 'Victorian character' and the modern conservatory extension. The left-hand bar retains much of its 17th-century panelling, which is reputedly from the Three Tuns Inn that once stood behind. A late 18th-century cast iron fire grate with urn decoration is also in situ.

Historically, the site is believed to have been developed from the late 17th century onwards, with a house shown on the site of 'Higg's tenement' on Gilmore's map in 1694. The current public house is thought to have been established in 1851, which is reflected in its name, and it was originally a storey higher.