Description

LEEDS

SE2734 KIRKSTALL ROAD, Burley
714-1/28/1286 (North side)
21/04/94 No.290
The Rising Sun Public House

GV II

Public house. 1897, altered C20. Red brick, stone detailing,
slate roof. 2 storeys with cellar and attics, corner site of 3
x 3 bays.
Facade to Kirkstall Road: left gabled bay projects, entrance
with semicircular overlight on right, 2 large segmental-arched
windows to left, both divided into 3 lights by turned wood
mullion and transom frame and having fine etched glass with
'BAR' and 'RISING SUN' in decorated panels. Similar window to
centre bay, large C20 frame in window (former cart access to
rear yard) far right. First floor: 5, 2, 2 former sash
windows, modern frames, in chamfered brick recessed panels;
gable has paired window in stone shouldered architrave,
flanking pilasters rise to moulded gable coping with ball
finials; paired stone eaves brackets to right bays.
Left return: bays have 2, 3, 2 first-floor windows; entrance
left of centre, 2 large bar windows right, former sashes left.
Eaves brackets, chimney stack flanked by attic windows right
of centre.
INTERIOR: mosaic floors with 'Rising Sun' and motif to
entrances; L-plan corridor, 2 smaller rooms off, curved corner
public bar with probably original mirrored bar back. Original
fittings include etched glass, panelled doors, glazed corridor
partitions, fireplaces, mirrors.
A good example of a smaller Victorian public house, built here
to serve the population of the housing built around 1887-90.

Listing NGR: SE2783334434

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26655879

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