Silly Saturday: Cover Up

Silly of me, almost failed to notice this ‘cover up’. They are brilliant disguises for building work.

Underneath lies a handsome Grade 2 listed pub, the oldest on the Quay. I’m always attracted by the rich green glazed tiles fronting the building.

“Public house. Early C17, extended late C17-early C18, refaced mid C19. Brick with faience front, 3 front gable brick stacks, outer ones blank, and a tiled roof. Right-angle 2-room plan. 2 storeys and attic; 2-window range. Green-glazed tile front has a coped gable with kneelers, and darker impost bands to each floor. Near central doorway has darker surround and pediment, and darker shallow segmental-arched heads with keys to 2/2-pane sashes. Central name panel in gable. Rear gable has a 4/8-pane sash in a flush frame and a ground-floor pent. INTERIOR: altered mid C20 interior; reported to contain a C17 fireplace in E wall with chamfered jambs and 4-centre-arched lintel. HISTORICAL NOTE: Poole had an important ceramic industry in the nineteenth century, and a number of public houses have decorative glazed fronts, of which this is the finest. (RCHME: County of Dorset (South East): London: 1970-: 233)”.