Description

PONTEFRACT HORSE FAIR
SE 4521 NE
(south-east side)
8/28 The Horse Vaults
3.3.75 Public House
GV II

Public house. Mid C18 with early C20 alterations. Painted brick in Flemish
bend, Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys, 5 bays. L-shaped plan, with lower 2-storey
range, to rear right. Chamfered rusticated quoins. Ground floor: central 6-panel
door below overlight in Tuscan surround, flanked by square bay windows, with
3 front panes of etched glass below 2-pane overlights, all under continuous fascia.
First floor: sash windows with projecting ashlar sills and voussoired wedge lintels
with fluted dropped keystones, arranged 1:3:1. Moulded cornice with blocking
course. Ashlar end coping. Brick end stacks.
Interior: on ground floor to left, good c.1900 cast-iron fireplace with pretty
tiles; rooms on ground floor all knocked into one large bar, but cornices intact.

Listing NGR: SE4570321976

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26480302

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)