Samson and Lion Public House
SAMSON AND LION PUBLIC HOUSE, 42, YARDLEY GREEN ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1387742
- Date first listed:
- 28-Jul-1999
- List Entry Name:
- Samson and Lion Public House
- Statutory Address:
- SAMSON AND LION PUBLIC HOUSE, 42, YARDLEY GREEN ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1387742
- Date first listed:
- 28-Jul-1999
- List Entry Name:
- Samson and Lion Public House
- Statutory Address 1:
- SAMSON AND LION PUBLIC HOUSE, 42, YARDLEY GREEN ROAD
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- SAMSON AND LION PUBLIC HOUSE, 42, YARDLEY GREEN ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Birmingham (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SP1095686490
Details
SP 18 NW
997/8/10175
BIRMINGHAM
YARDLEY GREEN ROAD
Bordesley Green
Number 42, Samson and Lion Public House
II
Public House and attached dwelling. 1913-15 by Arthur Edwards for Holders Brewery Ltd. Red brick with buff terracotta detailing and black brick diapering. Clay tiled roof, with coped gables and end and ridge stacks. PLAN. L-shaped plan on corner site with symmetrical frontage range and with attached dwelling extending along Blakeland Street. EXTERIOR. Symmetrical 2-storey front of 3 bays to Yardley Green Road with secondary entrance bay attached to left-hand gable. 2 full-height canted bays flank the central entrance. Both doorways set beneath projecting, round-arched canopies with dentil ornament under the soffits. Ground floor bay windows of 1:3:1 lights with transoms; first floor windows, similarly detailed but without transoms, break through the eaves line and terminate in plain parapets. All window and door surrounds of terracotta. Circular clock above the central entrance, mounted on iron brackets. Bases of 2 former ventilators on the ridge. The Blakeland Street facade extends at right angles to the frontage range, of 2 storeys with windows in various 1-, 2- and 3-light arrangements, some with transoms. Attached publican's dwelling with a separate entrance bearing the date 1914 on the lintel. 2 coped gables break the eaves line. 3 closely-set doorways under square heads and with rectangular overlights. INTERIOR. Main range with 2 front bars, with central servery and smoke room to rear,. Original bar back with shallow elliptical arches enclosing brown brick and mirrors behind. Partition between the 2 parts of the main bar with 3 etched glass panels. Fixed wall seating. Upper lights in smoke room windows with stained glass depicting various flags including those of First World War allies. Original fire surrounds in smoke room. Staircase with plain square and pierced rectangular balusters. Well-detailed and little altered early C20 public house which illustrates the shift of emphasis from lavish decoration and opulence to greater restraint, simplicity and decency in the design of early C20 premises. SOURCE: Birmingham Archive, Building Plans 24936.
Listing NGR: SP1095686490
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 475731
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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