Three Horseshoes, Doncaster

Built just before the First World War by the Sheffield brewers Ward’s (to 1913 designs by H L Tacon & Son, a local firm of architects & surveyors) this pub is notable for its well-preserved stained and leaded windows. Small panels of white lettering on a blue background have 'Three Horse Shoes' and announce 'Bar Parlour', 'Smoke Room', 'Tap Room' and also 'Club Room' on first floor windows. Front door leads into the off-sales - note the 'Outdoor Dept.' on a window and the disused hatch to the servery. On the right are two rooms off the L-shaped lobby bar, where the bar counter looks old.

The highlight is the intact little bar parlour on the rear right which retains its door with 'Bar Parlour' panel, original oak fixed seating all around the room, its original tiled, cast iron and good wood surround fireplace with a bevelled mirror in the mantelpiece above. The adjoining smoke room which has a widish gap / arch entrance also retains its original fixed seating but has a modern brick fireplace. A door on the left of the entrance leads to the Tap Room which retains an old fireplace but the counter is modern.