The French Horn, Potter Street, Worksop, Notts.
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The French Horn, Potter Street, Worksop, Notts.
Image: © David Hallam-Jones Taken: 8 Sep 2016
The Grade II-listed French Horn Hotel was opened in 1906, having been built for the Sheffield brewers Hooson Bros. by Frederick Hopkinson. It seems that the present building may have replaced two previous related structures, i.e. a public house of the same name that had apparently stood here for 130 years and a malthouse of even longer standing. The previous pub stood gable end to the road. The site occupied by both buildings were used for the new building, giving the 1906 resurrection of the French Horn this long frontage on Potter Street. The ground floor frontage is faced in dark and light green faience manufactured in the colloquially-known Bermantofts pottery by Messrs Wilcox and Co. of Leeds. Wilcox & Co. traded between 1879-1957, during which time they produced decorative bricks and tiles in orange or buff-coloured architectural terracotta, glazed bricks, and glazed terracotta (faience). The pub closed in 2009 although the premises are currently being upgraded or converted.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.301943
Longitude
-1.124243