Evans The Mitre Public House

The Evans the Mitre Public House is a public house and shop with accommodation above, likely dating from the 1860s, and possibly incorporating an earlier structure. The building is constructed of Flemish bond brick, with the left return rendered; it has a slate roof and stacks featuring wide brick shafts with corbelled cornices and multiple pots. The plan is a large, double-depth rectangular shape with a rear left service wing set at a right angle, and includes a carriage entrance at the right end.

The building is three storeys high and has a richly detailed High Victorian front of seven bays, with the central bay slightly wider. The front features deep projecting eaves with shaped brackets above a dentil frieze and platband, along with panelled pilasters to the left and right, and a moulded string at the second-floor sill level. The pilasters on the ground floor have egg and dart moulding below large stone brackets, with similar detailing flanking the central bay on the ground floor. There is a plain fascia across the front with a dentil frieze and cornice. The second-floor windows are segmentally arched, with moulded eared and shouldered architraves and curly keyblocks, and are glazed with four-pane sashes and margin panes. The first-floor windows are round-headed with moulded hoods, label stops, and a crocket at the apex of each arch. High transomed casement windows with glazing bars are also present, each with two semi-circular panes above the transom, topped with a decorative roundel and pierced spandrels. The original carriage entrance on the extreme left has a moulded flat arch with rounded corners, a keyblock, and a panelled parapet above a moulded cornice. The centre bay on the ground floor has been converted into a shop window; a late 20th-century shop front is located to the right, and a 20th-century pub front with large panes and timber glazing bars is on the left. The left return of the main block features a recessed six-panel door with a glazed overlight featuring geometric glazing bars. A C19 panelled door with a deep overlight and geometric glazing bars is also retained on the rear wing. Two round-headed rear stair windows are present in the centre of the rear wing. The ground floor front has been gutted for commercial use, but features of interest may remain on the upper floors.