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Leicestershire - Leicester
One star - A pub interior of special national historic interest
Listed Status: Not listed
Glenfield RoadLeicester, Westcotes
LE3 6AR
Tel: (0116) 262 2633
Real ale & Cider: Real Ale
Public Transport: Near Bus Stop
Bus: Yes
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A 1938 brick-built pub, little altered since extensions around 1960. The curved bar counter in the front lounge is probably original, though the top is Sixties Formica. A stone-arch fireplace and the fixed seating also date from 1938 but the bar back shelves are later, as is the ply wall panelling. Another original bar counter is to be found in the rear concert room, again with 1960s accretions in the form of leatherette padding plus other changes from that time like the glass bar back shelves and ply panelling. In the public bar, both bar counter (plain with formica inlay top) and bar back are from the 1960s when this room was extended into the house next door.
Built 1938 of brick and retaining three rooms, it is little altered since extending into the next door house in c.1960. The lounge at the front has a curved counter which could be original with a 1960s Formica top, the walls are completely covered in 1960s ply panels, the two section ceiling has a good cornice, the Tudor-shaped stone arch fireplace could date from 1938, fixed seating could be the original 1938 and re-upholstered, but the bar back shelves look more 1960s. Note the ‘Gents’ and ‘Ladies’ signs date from c.1960 but the gents retains its original terrazzo floor. The rear concert room with cornice retains a counter that also looks original with leatherette padding added in the 1960s, more ply panelling wall around the servery, glass bar back shelves indicating 1960s changes and boxed-in fixed seating, difficult to date but could be original. A terrazzo passage leads to the toilets where the gents has a c.1960 sink. The public bar has a plain counter with Formica inlay top so more 1960 than 1938 and the bar back looks 1960s. The room was extended by the purchase of the house next door and there is a Leicestershire Cheese Skittle table in the new part. Replacement windows.
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