Oxclose Hotel, Arnold

Asset of Community Value registered 7th December 2015.

An Interwar Roadhouse built in 1939. Designed by T Cecil Howitt for the Home Ales Brewery Co. Brick, rendered and painted with reconstituted stone dressings and Westmorland slate roofs (Historic England).

The Oxclose is a Grade II listed building (No. 1376747) and has an interior rated by CAMRA as being of Regional Importance.

Good exterior with Tudor-style stone windows, gables and massive slate roof. On the left side is an original garden with stone walls and patio, trellises and pergolas. Structurally little-altered; the Tudor theme is evident in some surviving doors and timber detailing. On the right, a separate large plain bar with original counter, bar surrounds and doors. On the left, a former lounge-hall with an alcove overlooking the garden and two other rooms off: a central front room with original Tudor 'SMOKE ROOM' lettering over the doorway; and a rear lounge with the doors now removed. These three left-hand rooms have original counters and bar surrounds, and good ceilings with vine decoration on the cornices. Some original benches, some replaced; modern lobby to the bar; some modern partitions and unfortunate modern bar-backs. (www.heritagepubs.org.uk).

[Gedling Borough Council; Daybrook Ward / Gedling Parliamentary Constituency]