Trader Jack’s, Blue Post Yard

The public house occupies three sections that are defined by variations in the roof line and fenestration. A lateral conversion has combined the buildings at the ground floor level. These notes describe the three sections separately and refer to them as portions 1, 2 and 3. Portion 1 is attached to 116 High Street. The rear elevations of portions 1 and 2 are in close proximity to 115 High Street and are not visible.

Portion 1 A two storey, rendered and painted building with a double pitched, slate roof. There are three brick built chimney stacks without chimney pots, which may have been capped. One stack is placed centrally on the ridge line and another is at the apex of the west gable. The third is smaller and is sited on the rear roof pitch approximately half way between the other two.

Ground floor openings: An entrance is located at the eastern end of the ground floor. There is a single door, reached by shallow steps, with panels at either side. The panels are wooden at the bottom with windows of four fixed panes of glass above. Below each window is a painted sill, similar to appearance to those on the first floor. To the west of the entrance is a projecting bay window, which stops just short of the ground. The window contains three glazed sections of equal size. Each section consists of two panes of glass, the larger at the bottom. The upper lights on the outer sections are opening.

First floor windows: There are four first floor windows, each wooden with a painted sill. The outer two are of the same size and form, being double sashes. The sliding and fixed sashes are of approximately equal size. To the left of the centre is a sash window of the same height as the outer pair. The upper and lower sections are divided into two panes by a glazing bar. To the right of the centre is a window of the same form as this, but half the height. A gutter runs along the façade and there are two down comers, one in the centre of the building and the other at west end.

Portion 2 A two storey, rendered and painted building with a double pitched, slate roof. There is a single brick built chimney stack, located on the ridge line right of centre. It had no chimney pots and may have been caped. There are no entrances into this portion of the building. Ground floor windows: There are four wooden sash windows each with four panes. Three are of the same size and line up with the first floor windows. The fourth, located to the left of the western most window, is narrower. This may occupy the position of a former doorway.

First floor windows: There are three equally sized wooden sash windows each with four panes. A gutter runs along the façade and ties into two down comers, located at either end of the façade. There is also a foul pipe at the western end.

Portion 3 This is a four storey building with a double pitched, pantile roof.

Front façade: The front façade is painted. The ground floor is almost entirely taken up by an entrance grouping. At the centre of this is a glazed double door. This is flanked by windows surrounded by wooden panelling. There are three openings on each of the remaining floors, all with wooden sills.

The outer two on each floor are all equally sized and have four fixed panes. The third opening on the first floor is a larger window with four fixed panes. One the second and third floors the central openings are each closed by a pair wooden doors with hinges. A hoist is attached to the building below the gutter, indicating the use of these doors as loading doors.

A gutter runs along the façade and ties into a down comer at the western end. This discharges into the guttering of the lower building to the west. There are four X-shaped tie-beam end plates, located in pairs at the top of the first and second floors.

Rear façade: The rear façade is of exposed brick above a rendered ground floor, which contains no openings. This is laid mostly in stretcher bond. Each of the upper floors has two windows of the same form as those in the front façade. Above each is a lintel of on-end bricks. A gutter runs along the façade and ties into a down comer at the east end. There are four X-shaped tie-beam end plates, located in the same positions as those on the front façade.