Description

Circa 1900 with late 19th century/early 20th century 1st floor addition. 2-storey, 3-bay public house in irregular terrace, flat-roofed extension to rear adjoining building to N. Painted coursed stone at ground continuous with neighbour to right (NE), painted cement render at 1st floor; base course, moulded string course; eaves course. Stone- mullioned gabled dormers and central semicircular-headed dormer, all breaking eaves.

S (HIGH STREET) ELEVATION: round-headed and keystoned door at centre with windows in flanking bays, regular bays at 1st floor.

Fixed plate glass glazing at ground with ornate astragals. Small-pane glazing pattern to upper sashes of sash and case windows at 1st floor. Purple slates. Coped ashlar stack with cans, coped ashlar skews and scrolled skewputt.

INTERIOR: good little altered interior comprising central entrance to 2 L-plan bars flanking square-plan, part-glazed timber, screened jug bar with tiny hatch and snug. Simple cornice and full-height fluted timber wall boarding and counter fronts. Timber fire surround and 1960s fitted seating to each bar, simple shelved back gantry. Enamelled lettering on bar side of screened compartment includes 'TENNENTS' and 'HAIG'S WHISKY'.

Statement of Interest

The Auld Hoose is an unusual small burgh public house of particular interest for the rare survival of its jug bar and snug bar, both of which are unaltered. Jug bars were once common elements of public house design, but are now very rare survivors. The Auld Hoose has been run by the same family since 1933.

List description updated as part of Public Houses Thematic Study 2007-08.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56643514

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)