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The Oak — Dame Street

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The Oak — Dame Street
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Corner-sited attached two-bay four-storey former house over basement house, built c.1865, having wraparound shopfront to front (south) and east elevations, six-bay elevation to east and recent top floor extension. Now in use as public house with offices and apartments above. Recent flat roof with red brick parapet to fourth floor front (south) elevation having concrete coping. Red brick walls, laid in Flemish bond to front and two south bays of east elevation, yellow brick walls, laid in English garden wall bond, to four bays to north of east elevation, smooth render and moulded render plinth course to ground floor. Square-headed window openings having masonry sills, one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Carved granite architraves with entablatures to first floor windows. Segmental-headed arch to east elevation having double-leaf timber battened gate. Moulded masonry shopfront with pilasters supporting brackets and entablature, fluted column to corner, surrounding square-headed window opening to front having timber framed casement windows with leaded lights to upper panes, segmental-headed window openings to east having timber framed casement windows, with moulded masonry sills and masonry risers. Angled recessed corner entrance with square-headed door opening having half-glazed double-leaf timber panelled doors and leaded lights with coloured glass overlight, having mosaic threshold. Oak panelled interior to public house, with gilded plasterwork to ceiling, and terrazzo flooring. Situated to west end of Dame Street and south end of Crane Lane.

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