Royal Victoria Hotel
ROYAL VICTORIA HOTEL, VICTORIA SQUARE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1281836
- Date first listed:
- 17-May-1993
- List Entry Name:
- Royal Victoria Hotel
- Statutory Address:
- ROYAL VICTORIA HOTEL, VICTORIA SQUARE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1281836
- Date first listed:
- 17-May-1993
- List Entry Name:
- Royal Victoria Hotel
- Statutory Address 1:
- ROYAL VICTORIA HOTEL, VICTORIA SQUARE
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- ROYAL VICTORIA HOTEL, VICTORIA SQUARE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Dorset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Portland
- National Grid Reference:
- SY 68272 73812
Details
PORTLAND
SY6873 VICTORIA SQUARE, Chesil 969-1/3/24 (East side) Royal Victoria Hotel.
GV II
Hotel and inn. c 1870. Rendered, slate roof. A complex building: the main block, facing the Square, is L-shaped, with a long return to the S, and a further domestic block across the E side, enclosing a small courtyard. Two storeys, 1+5-windowed. All plate-glass sashes; at first floor in plat band surrounds to flat segmental heads and set to continuous cill band. At ground floor with arched heads, under moulded lintol band and to plain cill band. The first bay is brought forward boldy from the other 5. Central to recessed front a square porch with arched openings to three faces, C19 door to front. All with small plinth, moulded cornice, blocking and parapet coping, which continues to right return, having 3 equally-spaced windows above 3 at ground floor and a later projecting square porch. At right end of this return a lower gabled unit in one bay, which joins a hipped-roof 3-bay house with margin-pane sashes and central canted oriel to flat roof. North side has C19 door with overlight, and two 4-pane sashes. Holds an important position on the corner of the Square, complementing the 'Little Ship' (qv) opposite.
Listing NGR: SY6827273812
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 382050
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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