Description

SALFORD

SJ89NW BLACKFRIARS ROAD 949-1/4/118 (South West side) 15/04/94 Black Friar Public House

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Public house. Dated 1886 on left side; by William Ball of Manchester. Red brick with red sandstone dressings and some tile-hanging, slate roof. Vernacular Revival style. Modified L-plan. EXTERIOR: 2-and-a-half storeys over cellars, 3 bays, the first and third gabled; chamfered plinth, 3 string courses, steeply-pitched gables with oversailing verges, the upper parts tile-hung with small pentices over the attic windows, Ground floor has a broad lintel band to the first and second bays, each of which has an entrance with moulded surround, flattened ogee head, that in the second bay with a swan-necked pediment over. The first bay has one window to the left, the second bay has 2, and the third bay has a tripartite window, all sashed. At first floor the second bay has a canted oriel of stone with mullions and transom, and a band on the corbel with the words: "YOU MAY GO FURTHER AND FARE WORSE"; the first and third bays have tripartite windows, each with an extrados of red brick and carved stone tympanum, that to the left depicting a friar displaying a banner with the words "THE BLACK FRIAR" and that to the right including a shield with corn sheaves and bees, lettered below "BLACKFRIARS" "OLD SCHOOL". The gables of the outer bays have 3-light mullioned windows; the centre has a flat-roofed 4-light dormer. Left return wall has a tall chimney corbelled from first floor and breaking the eaves, with a stone plaque at its base inscribed "Rebuilt AD 1886". INTERIOR: some original fittings and plan elements. Entrance lobby with door to left to vault, ahead door with cut and etched glass. Hall has altered curved bar and a Jacobean style stair. Parlour has 2 altered lobby screens, fixed upholstered seating, bell pushes and fireplace, vault has simple fixed upholstered seating and a modern opening to remodelled area to rear.

Listing NGR: SJ8327798897

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)