The Village Tavern, 3-5 London Street, Larkhall

The Village Tavern, located at 3-5 London Street in Larkhall, is a late 19th-century, two-storey, three-bay (four-bay at ground level) end-of-terrace public house that has retained much of its original interior. The exterior is constructed of polished grey sandstone ashlar with polished dressings. Notable features include a canted three-light window on the first floor to the left, which is topped with a shaped scalloped blocking course and a central ball finial. Below the cornice that separates the ground and first floors, there is a painted timber fascia, and the first-floor windows have curvilinear aprons below their corniced cills. The windows have raised margins, and there are cavetto moulded strips flanking the canted window.

On the principal elevation, there is a two-leaf timber door with a geometrically glazed rectangular fanlight at ground level in the central bay. This is flanked by large picture windows on either side. To the outer right, there is a keystoned architraved doorway with short fluted pilasters and a blank frieze above, leading to a replacement two-leaf timber door with a semicircle fanlight. The first floor features a single window in the central bay, a canted window to the left, and a tripartite window to the right.

The side elevation presents a blank gabled wall with a gablehead stack. The first-floor windows are fitted with two-pane timber sash and case windows, featuring small-pane glazing in the upper sash, while the ground floor has picture windows. The roof is covered with grey slate, and there are ashlar coped stacks, coped skews, and cast-iron rainwater goods.

Inside, the tavern boasts good original features, including timber boarding up to picture rail height and decorative cornices. There is a free-standing timber drinks gantry in the center with an early till drawer, and a square-shaped timber bar counter surrounded by boarded panels divided by pilasters with a deep frieze. Fixed slatted benches line the window alcoves, accompanied by original fixed L-plan timber tables on cast-iron supports, and additional fixed slatted benches along the side walls. A 1920s tiled fireplace adds to the character, and there is a partitioned area in the far right corner containing a spirits cupboard, along with two small sitting rooms at the rear.