Description

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 18 February 2022 to update the name and address and to reformat the text to current standards

SE 5703 SW
6/100

TOWN OF DONCASTER
ST SEPULCHRE GATE (east side)
Nos 33 and 35 (Former Nag's Head)

(Formerly listed as Nag's Head and No 33)

II

Shop and former public house. c1930. Limestone ashlar with polished black granite shop front. Roof concealed. Three storeys, single bay. Ground floor has original shop front of black granite, stepped to top. Central recessed glazed door of bronze with enamelled medallions to glazing bars. Canted flanking windows with bronze surrounds, above granite plinths. To left a plate glass window with angled head and above a hexagonal opening with scrolled wrought ironwork.

To right a door with similar angled head, original granite now covered by tiling, C20 hood above. Above to centre a wide stepped in recess to both storeys divided by two full height stone mullions. First floor has three tall casement windows within this panel with original art deco metal glazing. Above three square panels, each stepped in five times to small central square. Second floor has three C20 replacement casements to centre and similar flanking windows.

Above again a large projecting panel inscribed 'The Nags Head Hotel'. Panels to either side of central recess form quasi-pilasters with deep fillet to top and frieze above with central horses heads flanked by fluting, stepped capitals to tops. An unusually stylish and complete example of provincial Art Deco.

Listing NGR: SE5737603239

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26600998

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
• 
  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
• 
  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
• 
  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
• 
  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)