The Three Horse Shoes Public House

The Three Horse Shoes Public House is a public house built around 1930, with minor alterations made in the late 20th century. It was designed by Sydney Blenkhorn of Knaresborough for Hepworth & Co. Ltd, brewers based in Ripon. A rear extension was added around 1950. The building features painted render with decorative half-timbering and is topped with a plain red clay tile roof and ridge stacks.

The layout consists of a linear arrangement of four public rooms at the front, with a servery located between the two central rooms. The exterior has a symmetrical four-bay facade over two storeys with an attic. Doorways with triangular canopies are positioned between the first and second bays and the third and fourth bays. The ground floor includes three-sided bay windows with arch-headed central lights and flanking lights. Each window is marked with the name of the respective room: 'Dining Room', 'Public Bar', 'Lounge', and again 'Dining Room'. The first floor features 2-light casements, and the half-timbering includes curved lozenges in rectangular panels and curved struts above. The attic has additional 2-light casements. On the right side, there is a lower projecting bay for toilet facilities, and a single-storey extension at the rear has metal windows with margin lights.

Inside, the public bar has an oak counter and a glazed screen with sashes above, an oak fire surround, fixed seating, and stained glass in the doors. The lounge also features an oak bar counter and a similar glazed screen, along with an oak bar back with a segmental pediment in the center, an oak fire surround, and fixed seating. The dining rooms on the left and right sides are more simply detailed, with a contemporary fire surround in the right-hand dining room. This public house is a notable example of an increasingly rare inter-War public house interior, where the original plan and fittings from around 1930 remain largely intact.