Description

CASTLEFORD
SE42SW
WHITWOOD COMMON LANE
4/11 The Rising Sun Public
14.4.1975 House
GV II

Miners' Institute, now public house. 1905, by C. F. A. Voysey, for Henry
Briggs or Son; altered. Roughcast render on brick, tiled roofs. L-shaped
plan. Single-storey main range joined by a link to a 4-stage tower at the
right-hand end, with a single-storey service wing to the rear of this. In
Arts and Crafts style. The principal element is a long range with low eaves
and gabled wings which project slightly, and a flat-roofed glazed verandah
enclosing the front between the wings, and overlapping them slightly. The
verandah has 3 symmetrically-disposed doorways which divide otherwise
continuous fenestration into groups of 3, 4, 4, and 3 lights, all of 6 panes;
and a similar single-light window in each end. The gable of each wing has a
C17-style transomed 8-light window with sandstone frame and small panes, and
2 bands, with lettering between them "THE
RISING SUN"
Chimney on outer roof slope of left wing. To the right of the right wing,
The link has a 4-light window, double garage doors enclosing a formerly open
walk-way, and a triangular louvre in the roof. The square tower has two
vertically aligned 3-light windows offset to the right, and a small single-
light window at a higher level to the left of each of these, a band carried
round the whole between the 3rd and 4th stages, an oculus to the 4th stage,
an embattled parapet and a low pyramidal roof. The left return wall has a
pair of small single-light windows to the 4th stage. The right return wall
has one window to each stage, all of 3 lights except the lowest which is a
oculus, which has a hoodmould. Chimney rising from rear right-hand corner of
parapet.
Interior: formerly provided Billiard Room and Library (etc) but replaced by
bar. (Fittings and stained glass windows in Edwardian style are recent
alterations).

Listing NGR: SE4056924318

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26599652

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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (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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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)