The Black Horse Public House

The Black Horse Public House is a late 17th-century public house located on Castle Street in Cirencester. The building features coursed squared limestone rubble on the right and coursed squared limestone on the left, topped with a stone slate roof that has one ridge stack rebuilt in artificial stone.

The façade has three gables and is two storeys high with an attic, presenting a five-window range. The first floor includes three late 18th-century 6/6-pane sash windows with moulded timber architraves and projecting cills on the left, and two late 18th or early 19th-century three-light timber casements with moulded surrounds, projecting cills, and exposed timber lintels on the right. There are also two 2-light leaded casements in the gables to the right, along with one ovolo-moulded stone mullion and transom window with leaded upper lights in the gable to the left.

On the ground floor, there are two late 18th or early 19th-century 8/8-pane sashes in timber-lined reveals with timber cills on the right, two similar triple sashes with timber mullions in the centre, and one 2/2-pane window on the left. All ground floor windows have exposed timber lintels, with the leftmost lintel extending over a 20th-century oak plank door featuring hand-forged strap hinges in a plain reveal. To the centre right, there is another 20th-century oak plank door with a glazed panel, which is topped by a moulded stone hood on shaped brackets. A moulded string course runs over the first floor on the left and over the window in the left gable.

The difference in materials and the flush quoins on the first floor right indicate that the building consists of two separate constructions, with the right side being slightly later. The interior has not been inspected.