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The Plumbers Arms was situated at 21 Newgate Street.  This grade-II listed pub closed in 2020.

Listed building details:

Public house. Probably late C18, altered. Roughcast with grey slate roof with ridge at right-angle to front. 3 storeys of one bay. The early C20 front to the first storey is timber-framed with patterned brick panels and window with leaded panes; leaded glazing in upper part of framed and boarded door; overlight; 4 timber pilasters with recessed panels; dentil cornice. The second and third storeys each has a central recessed 12-pane sash in a timber case, that to the third storey being shorter. Panel in face of parapet inscribed THE PLUMBERS' ARMS in recessed Roman capitals. 2 lateral chimneys, south. The Flemish bond brown brick rear has a one-storey flat-roofed extension, a replaced casement and an inserted wide metal window to the second storey; a 16-pane recessed sash with painted stone sill and wedge lintel to the third storey; flush eaves. INTERIOR: the plan of a small-roomed public house is partly retained, but with no visible features of special interest.

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