Description

SU78NW
1209/12/10021

BIX AND ASSENDON
A4130, Bix
The Fox Public House

II

Public house. 1936; by A.E. Hobbs, for W.H. Brakspear and Son. Red brick, tile-hanging and timber-framing with brick nogging. Clay plain tile hipped roof with low eaves. Tall brick axial stacks with corbelled brick cornices.
PLAN: Three bars at the front with central bar counter, and service rooms behind. Tudor vernacular style.
EXTERIOR: 1 storey and attic. 3-bay SW front with projecting hipped and tile-hung bay at centre, the main roof carried down over porch on left, and flanking hipped dormers; doorways on left and right set back. The left (NW) side has large timber-framed oriel with herringbone brick nogging over 7-light window also corbelled out. At rear (NE) flat roof dormers in hipped roofs and outbuilding projecting on left. Casement windows with leaded panes.
INTERIOR: intact and complete with exposed ceiling beams and joists, panelling, brick fireplaces with tile arches, panelled doors and timber-framed bar counters with herringbone brick nogging and curved bracing above. Staircase with panelled balustrade. First floor rooms also have brick fireplaces with tile arches.

Listing NGR: SU7251185344

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26666278

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Recommended Books

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  For the Record
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)