The Oakdale Public House

The Oakdale Public House is a large hotel built in a mildly Garden Village style. It features a mix of red brick with decorative blue patterning, rock-faced stone, render with a version of pargetting, applied half-timbering, and some tile hanging. The roof is plain tile with no stacks.

The front facing the green has a central moulded round-arched doorway with a deep hood that has a panelled soffit, tapering timber posts, double six-panel doors, and a fanlight with radial glazing bars and coloured glass. The building has two storeys, with the central bay displaying swept eaves and a casement window above the doorway. On either side of the doorway, there are high ground floor windows, and deep iron casement windows extend through the eaves to form hipped roof half-dormers.

To the right, a gabled bay projects forward, featuring paired windows within a stone surround that includes a pargeted panel; the ground floor has a three-light window, and there is a relief motif of fruit at the apex. On the left, another bay with a hipped roof has a shallow two-storey projection with triple-light windows and a pargeted band between the floors.

The second frontage facing Central Avenue has twin canted gabled bays with half-timbered gables and heavy bargeboards, tile hung between the storeys, and small pane casement windows on each face of the bay. To the right, there is an external stack bay with offsets that has been reduced. In the centre, steps lead up to the front doorway, which has recessed five-panel double doors and posts that support a small balcony on the first floor, complete with a wooden balustrade and a swept overhanging roof.

Inside, the pub retains much of its original layout and furnishings in a Mock Tudor style, featuring applied half-timbering, a plate rack, exposed joists, a brick and tile fireplace, and vertical panelled doors. The entrance bay includes swing doors and coloured glass, while the hall has a decorative panelled dado, a door to the cellar, and a staircase with a decorative newel post. The ceilings have moulded cornices and semi-circular arches. The inner porch has half-glazed and panelled swing doors, and a former billiard room has been converted into a second bar.