ALEXANDRA HOTEL
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1197742
- Date first listed:
- 21-Jan-1994
- Statutory Address:
- ALEXANDRA HOTEL, HESSLE ROAD
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Location
- Statutory Address:
- ALEXANDRA HOTEL, HESSLE ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- City of Kingston upon Hull (Unitary Authority)
- National Grid Reference:
- TA 08697 28038
Details
This List entry was subject to a Minor Enhancement on 30/03/2017
TA 02 NE,
680-1/8/158
KINGSTON UPON HULL,
HESSLE ROAD (South East side),
Alexandra Hotel
II
Public house. Built c1895, designed by Smith, Brodrick and Walker, with late C20 alterations. Brick with
faience tile ground floor, terracotta and ashlar dressings and
hipped plain tile mansard roof with two gables, single ridge and
single rear wall stacks. Plinth, ground floor and first floor
cornices, panelled ornamented parapet. Two storeys plus attics;
6x5 windows. Corner site with angled corner.
Corner entrance bay has a canted stone bay window with three plain
sashes. Above it, an ornate parapet fronted by a shaped gable
with pediment and flanked by octagonal columns with shaped
tops. Below, a C20 doorway flanked by pilasters, with an oval
fanlight glazed as a 6-pointed star. Over the door, a
swan-neck pediment framing a pedimented relief panel.
Main front, to Hessle Road, has 6 plain sashes and above, two
large through-eaves dormers with close-studded gables, each
with a 2-light mullioned window. Below, faience tiled shop
front divided by pilasters, the frieze inscribed "Alexandra
Hotel". Central half-glazed door with circular overlight and
swan-neck pediment, flanked by large elliptical-arched 3-light
windows with round-headed lights and transoms. To left, a
similar doorway with a star-glazed overlight. Blank left
return has a terracotta relief panel with the name of the
hotel.
Right return, to Ropery Street, has the same shop front with
two 2-light round-arched windows, then a tile panel with a
small window above it. To right again, a half-glazed door with
round overlight and swan-neck pediment.
INTERIOR has the original cornice and strapwork ceiling,
etched glass windows, moulded doorcases and original doors.
Original mahogany back-bar fitting with clock.
Listing NGR: TA0869728038
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 387578
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Neave, D & S, Hull, Pevsner Architectural Guide, (2010), 162
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing
