Slug & Lettuce, Nottingham

Yates is a fine example of a Victorian Gin Palace. It is a Grade II listed building (No. 1254554) and is located in Nottingham City Council's Old Market Square Conservation Area."Public house. 1876, with late C20 alterations. Stucco with part glazed slate roof. 2 storeys; 5 window range. The front is mainly covered by a balcony carried on 4 round cast-iron columns and enclosed by a late C20 glazed canopy. On the balcony, 5 French windows with overlights, the right one with original glazed double doors, divided by Ionic pilasters with dice, all under an entablature. Above the canopy, a shaped gable containing a round-arched window with the inscription "The Talbot established 1580" around the head. On either side, a balustrade with 4 busts on pedestals. Under the balcony, 4 half-glazed double doors divided by rusticated Doric pilasters. To right, an original 6-panel double door flanked by Doric columns with dice. INTERIOR has a rectangular gallery carried on round cast-iron columns. Ground floor has anaglypta wainscot, frieze and ceiling, and moulded cornice and beams. Wall mirrors divided by pilasters. On the right, a panelled wooden bar with tile inserts, running the length of the room. To its right, C20 double doors to the front gallery stairs. At the rear, a wooden staircase with cast-iron balustrade. On the first floor, a cast-iron balustrade to the gallery, with wooden capping. Double purlin wooden roof, 8 bays, with iron arch braces and turned king posts. Panelled ceiling with lincrusta borders, the 4 bays towards the rear glazed to the ridge. Panelled walls with fretwork frieze and mirrors. At the rear, an elliptical arched opening to the rear bar. To its right, a massive clock in a glazed mahogany case, with the dial in a shaped gable. Rear bar has segmental blind arches on 3 sides, a replica doorway with pediment, moulded cornice and boss. The basement is noted to contain a bar with most of its original panelling and a roof carried on square pillars. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Nottinghamshire: London: 1979-: 229)." (Historic England).[Nottingham City Council; Bridge Ward / Nottingham South Parliamentary Constituency]