The Three Horse Shoes Public House

SE3966 248/0/10003 03-JUL-01

BOROUGHBRIDGE BRIDGEGATE The Three Horse Shoes Public House

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Public house. c.1930 with minor late C20 alterations. By Sydney Blenkhorn of Knaresborough for Hepworth & Co. Ltd, brewers of Ripon. Rear extension c.1950. Painted render with superimposed decorative half-timbering. Plain red clay tile roof covering and ridge stacks. PLAN. Linear arrangement of 4 public rooms to the front elevation, with servery between the 2 central rooms. Kitchen and service rooms to rear. EXTERIOR. Symmetrical 4-bay frontage of 2 storeys with attic. Doorways with triangular canopies over between bays 1 and 2 and 3 and 4. 3-sided bay windows to ground floor with arch-headed central lights and flanking lights. Contemporary glazing in windows bearing the name of each room: 'Dining Room', Public Bar', 'Lounge' and, again, 'Dining Room'. First floor with 2-light casements. Half-timbering on first floor including curved lozenges in rectangular panels and curved struts above. 2-light casements in attic. Lower projecting bay on right for toilet accommodation. Single storey extension at rear with metal windows with margin lights. INTERIOR. Public bar with oak counter and glazed screen with sashes over, oak fire surround, fixed seating and stained glass in the doors. Lounge with oak bar counter and glazed screen with sashes over, oak bar back with segmental pediment in centre, oak fire surround and fixed seating. Dining rooms to the left and right sides more plainly detailed. Contemporary fire-surround in right-hand dining room. An example of an increasingly-rare inter-War public house interior, in which the plan form and fittings of c.1930 survive with very little alteration.

Listing NGR: SE3960166933