Princess Royal PH
Location/Address
43 Slinn Street, S10 1NW
Type
Description
The entrance lobby has a mosaic floor and a dado of 1920s tiling in cream and green and an inner door in a good screen. Across the front of the pub is the single room originally the Lounge and Dining Room on the left and the Smoke Room on the right but a small piece of wall including the door to the smoke room has been removed (in the 1960s?).
The bar counter is 1949 with a modern top and has a row of tiles at the top. The back fitting is from 1949 with some modernisation. There is some 1920s panelling on a piece of wall on the left, in the former smoke room area on the right and also on the left there is 1920s fixed seating which has been re-fitted and boxed-in. There is also a modern tiled dado in the former
off sales area and to the right of the servery.
At the rear left is the billiard room now with a three-quarter sized table (presumably replacing a full sized one). The fixed seating looks to be the original from the 1920s but has been re-fitted and boxed-in. There are three good 1920s baffles by doors – two by the door to the corridor created in 1949 leading to the toilets. There is a small counter from 1949 with a modern top. The fireplace looks like a replacement (or is it the ~1949 one?). There is also a Club Room above the billiard room.
Previously a beerhouse, the Princess Royal was extended and re-built in the mid-1920s for Duncan Gilmour (architects: Hall & Fenton, Sheffield). The current day external footprint of the pub is identical to this rebuild. The interior was changed in ~1949 when the small servery situated just inside the pub and an off sales to the right of the porch were removed; the present centrally
situated servery added; internal toilets replaced the Kitchen and Scullery and the outside toilets were demolished.
Apart from the opening-up of the smoke room on the right (in the 1960s?) the interior is little changed since 1949 with two (was three) rooms still including an active billiard room. It has a lovely set of Gilmour’s etched and frosted exterior windows, some with their Windsor Castle symbol.
The first mention of the name, Princess Royal in a Directory is in 1937. Also, in that year, the building was designated as a Public House, not, as previously, a Beerhouse. Also note, the mention of Licensed for Billiards above the entrance door. The first mention of a phone number is in a 1954 Directory. The pub has had the same phone number since then. Gilmours were taken over by Tetleys (Leeds) in 1954 – perhaps the telephone was installed at this point?
notes, used with permission; Pickersgill,D.(Ed.) (2021) Sheffield's Real Heritage Pubs (4th edition). Sheffield and District CAMRA/CAMRA National Pub Heritage Group. Sheffield
Reference: Sheffield Archives: MC/20/5/384
Statement of Significance
Asset type
Public House.Age
Previously a beerhouse, the Princess Royal was extended and re-built in the mid-1920s for Duncan Gilmour (architects: Hall & Fenton, Sheffield). The current day external footprint of the pub is identical to this rebuild. The interior was changed in ~1949 .Rarity
Unlike many pubs, this building is relatively unchanged since the 1949 refit.Architectural and Artistic Interest
The current day external footprint of the pub is identical to the 1920s rebuild. The interior was changed in ~1949. The entrance lobby has a mosaic floor and a dado of 1920s tiling in cream and green and an inner door in a good screen.Historic Interest
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Date Listed
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Last Updated
23 Aug 2022
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