The Boars Head pub, Leigh town centre, Grade2 listed building, 2 Market Place, Leigh, Wigan, England, UK, WN7 1EG
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5064 x 3420 px | 42.9 x 29 cm | 16.9 x 11.4 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
13 July 2022Location:
2 Market Place, Leigh, Wigan, England, UK, WN7 1EGMore information:
Entry Name: Boar's Head Public House, more at https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101163139-boars-head-public-house-leigh-east-ward#.ZFwQAHbMJPY Listing Date: 9 July 1975 Last Amended: 27 July 1987 Grade: II Source: Historic England Source ID: 1163139 English Heritage Legacy ID: 213503 Public house. "Rebuilt 1900 AD" on decorative cartouche. Red brick with terracotta dressings and green slate roof. 4 x 5 bays with 2 storeys. Eclectic Baroque. Projecting plinth, first and second floor bands separated by Ionic columns and a coped parapet. Semi-circular-arched ground floor windows with keystones archivolts and casements with etched glass. Panelled doors in bay 3 with fanlight, columns and flat pilasters which enclose arabesque-enriched spandrel panels. Canted and bow oriel windows on the first floor with terracotta mullions and transoms. The left corner is articulated by an octagonal lead-covered cupola on columns and scrolls. It is balanced by a gable to the right with ball finials and a keyed oculus. The side elevations are treated in a similar manner. The Church Street elevation bears a boar's head peering through an arabesque surround in the central gable. Tall clustered chimney stacks. The building originally housed the brewery head offices. The interior is remarkably complete and retains many original features. Staircase with turned balusters and pulvinated frieze to closed string. Original timber and cast-iron fireplaces. Art Nouveau tiles. Plaster cornices. Original bar fittings.