Description

680-1/0/10064 HIGH STREET
24-AUG-01 (West side)
150
YE OLDE BLACK BOY PUBLIC HOUSE

II

Public house. c. 1700 altered 1926 for T Lindsey & Co. Red brick with painted render and steep slate roof with gable stack. 3 storey plus attic.
Street front has C20 pub front with central 3-light pointed arches window with leaded glazing. To left a false doorway and to right a panelled door with glazed overlight. Painted faÎade has plain pilasters and a linking cornice above. First floor has three 3-light cross casement windows with leaded glazing. Second floor has three 2-light windows. Single dormer window behind coped parapet.
INTERIOR has largely complete interior of 1926. Front Smoke Room has wainscot panelling, exposed beams and an original fire surround with an over-mantel with a carved relief of a 'black boy'. The main bar has similar decoration with panelled walls and a curved panelled bar.
Upstairs a function room and bar both with raised and fielded panelling and high quality eighteenth century style fireplaces with over-mantels.
This public house retains important twentieth century interiors.

Listing NGR: TA1015828665

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26668835

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Recommended Books

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)