Site:   

The Sportmans Arms,

Peakman Street, Town Centre

Grid Reference:    

SP 0421 6763

Description:

Public House. Late 19th century with some mid /late 20th century alterations. Orange brick in Flemish bond with terracotta and stone dressings, part-tiled fa�ade; plain tiled roof with terracotta ridge tiles and gable end parapets with moulded stone coping and kneelers. Narrow rectangular plan. Main facade of 6 bays and 3 storeys with decorative terracotta cornice and sill strings. Irregular fenestration. Ground floor has dado of maroon glazed tiles with pilaster strips above against yellow glazed tile background and long painted timber fascia board running along entire facade. Two canted oriel windows with arched main lights and leaded upper lights and also two single-light windows. Sill string interrupted by three part-glazed entrance doors with leaded fanlights. First floor has three oriel windows with gablets, panelled timber bases and arched main lights. Also two windows with moulded stone cornices and sills, moulded terracotta apron detail and sash windows with 6-pane upper sash and plain glass in lower sash. Windows on second floor arranged 2:2:2: with flanking brick pilaster strips, stone lintels, and plain sash windows.

Significance:

This tall narrow building with its distinctive detail and tiled fa�ade is of architectural interest in its own right and also of considerable townscape value. Its roof profile is clearly visible from the open space to the east of Peakman Street and as the only survivor of the buildings along the southern side of the street it provides an important sense of enclosure, framing the view into and out of the town centre.

History:

This building........