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Tastefully decorated pub at the base of Mansfield Road and near the Victoria Shopping Centre. A three dimensional peacock sign adorns the exterior and hanging lights add atmosphere inside. In the lounge an array of decorations distract the eye and service is available from the hatch (if you know what you want). DH Lawrence is rumoured to have used the former upstairs hotel as a refuge when writing.
Historic Interest
Built in the 1850s the Peacock was an Home Ales house (Whitworth 2010). In 1894, it was a fully licensed establishment under Henry Handbury (Wright). The Peacock is a Grade II listed building (No. 1254757) and is in Nottingham City Council's Arboretum Conservation Area. It has an heritage interior rated by CAMRA as being of Regional Importance. This three-storey pub of brick appears to have had a quality refit in the inter-war period. The front door leads to an inner lobby with a window that was probably an off sales in the past. The lounge is little altered since about 1930 and retains carved bench seating throughout with turned legs and moulded arms, a couple of draught screens/baffles near the door to the servery, panelled frieze above the seating with wooden studs, terrazzo and wood surround fireplace, and Art Deco-style doors. The public bar was two rooms in the past and has good-quality fittings such as a bar counter with double columns and capitals but they only date from a refurbishment in 1993. There is what looks like an old glazed publican's office towards the rear of the bar servery. Note the splendid set of etched windows with a peacock motif - no doubt some are quality replacements (www.heritagepubs.org.uk)."Public house. c1850, altered mid and late C20. Brick, with rendered ground floor, and slate roof with 2 brick stacks. Painted ashlar dressings. Plinth, first floor sill band, moulded eaves. Windows are mainly original, with wedge lintels to the first floor. 3 storeys; 3 x 2 windows. Corner site, with rounded corner entrance bay. Corner bay has a blocked doorway with splayed brackets to rounded cornice. Above, a glazing bar sash with moulded surround and bracketed cornice, and above again a similar window with moulded surround flanked by brackets to the eaves. Mansfield Road front has a central doorway with pilasters and overlight, flanked by 2-light plain casements with wooden transoms and stone shafts. Above, 3 glazing bar sashes on each floor. Left return has similar irregular fenestration, with a blank on the 2 upper floors. INTERIOR: largely original, has panelled plaster ceiling with cornices. Right bar has panelled wainscotting, and original fitted benches with bell pushes" (Historic England). [Nottingham City Council, St. Ann's Ward / Nottingham East Parliamentary Constituency]
One star - A pub interior of special national historic interest
Listed status: II
The pub was closed for three years before reopening in February 2023 after a significant refurbishment. Thankfully, table service has been retained and the only change in the lounge, other than redecoration, has been appropriate re-upholstering of the bench seats. Please note - the photos are of the previous incarnation.
UPDATE 2023
After being closed for nearly three years, the pub reopened in February 2023 following a sensitive refurbishment. In the lounge, the table service has thankfully been retained and the only change, other than redecoration, has been appropriate re-upholstering of the bench seats.
Please note - the photos are currently of the previous incarnation.
The Peacock is worth a visit to experience something rare - table service - head for the right-hand lounge bar and sit on the bench seating and press one of the large number of bell-pushes mounted in brass plates situated all around the room. A member of staff will respond (not on Fri and Sat evenings) so choose your drinks - real ales are listed on a chalk board near the doorway to the servery - and they will be brought to your table. Until recently, the number of pubs in the country offering table service was down to less than a dozen but the trend has recently been reversed with nearly half of the micropubs being set up in England having no bars.
This three-storey pub of brick built about 1850 appears to have had a quality refit in the inter-war period. The front door leads to an inner lobby with a window that was probably an off sales in the past. The lounge is little altered since about 1930 and retains carved bench seating throughout with turned legs and moulded arms, a couple of draught screens/baffles near the door to the servery, panelled frieze above the seating with wooden studs, terrazzo and wood surround fireplace, and Art Deco-style doors.
The public bar was two rooms in the past and has good-quality fittings such as a bar counter with double columns and capitals but they only date from a refurbishment in 1993. There is what looks like an old glazed publican's office towards the rear of the bar servery.
Note the splendid set of etched windows with a peacock motif - no doubt some are quality replacements.
This Pub serves 3 changing beers (Wye Valley HPA regularly on) and 0 regular beers.
Peacock Hotel, Nottingham
Source: National
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