The Village Tavern, 3-5 London Street, Larkhall

Late 19th century. 2-storey, 3-bay (4-bay at ground) end-of-terrace Public House with little-altered interior scheme. Polished grey sandstone ashlar with polished dressings. Canted 3-light window at 1st floor to left with shaped/scalloped blocking course with ball finial to centre above. Painted timber fascia below cornice between ground and 1st floor; curvilinear aprons below corniced cills at 1st floor; eaves course and cornice. Raised margins to windows; cavetto moulded strips flanking canted window.

W (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: 2-leaf timber door with geometrically glazed rectangular fanlight at ground in bay to centre; 2 part-glazed timber panelled vestibule doors at right angles to main entrance behind; large flanking picture window to each side of door; keystoned architraved doorway with short fluted pilasters and blank frieze above in bay to outer right; replacement 2-leaf timber door with semicircle fanlight. Single window in bay to centre at 1st floor; canted window in bay to left; tripartite window in bay to right.

S (SIDE) ELEVATION: blank gabled wall with gablehead stack.

2-pane timber sash and case windows (small-pane glazing to upper sash) to 1st floor windows; picture windows at ground. Grey slate roof; ashlar coped stack; coped skew; cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: good original interior features. Timber boarding to picture rail height and decorative cornices; free-standing timber drinks gantry to centre with early till drawer; square shaped timber bar counter with boarded panels around bar base divided by pilasters with deep frieze; fixed slatted benches lining window alcoves with original fixed L-plan timber tables on cast-iron supports; fixed slatted benches lining side walls. 1920s tiled fireplace. Partitioned area to far right corner containing spirits cupboard. Two small sitting rooms to rear.