County Hotel

Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

ST HELEN'S STREET 1.

5379 (North Side) No 29 (County Hotel) TM 1644 NE 2/457 II GV

2. The building comprises an early C19 brick house (painted) with a large late C19 hotel block added on the east side. 2 storeys. The earlier house has 2 shallow bays on the south front, each of 1 window range and 1 window range (blocked) between.

Roof slate. The later addition has 2 window range on the south front and 3 window range on the east front. The windows generally are double-hung sashes with vertical glazing bars and arched panes in the upper sashes. On the south and east fronts the upper storey windows are separated by fluted. Ionic pilasters. The ground storey has 3 pedimented doorways on the east front and a Tuscan pedimented porch on the south front. There is also a corner entrance with a projecting pedimented hood.There is a parapet with cornice on the east front and a pediment with ball finials and an ornamented tympanum.

Listing NGR: TM1685744568

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/1462 IOE Records taken by Maxwell Newport; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mr Maxwell Newport. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project