Hesketh Arms Hotel
HESKETH ARMS HOTEL, BOTANIC ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1379549
- Date first listed:
- 29-Sept-1951
- List Entry Name:
- Hesketh Arms Hotel
- Statutory Address:
- HESKETH ARMS HOTEL, BOTANIC ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1379549
- Date first listed:
- 29-Sept-1951
- List Entry Name:
- Hesketh Arms Hotel
- Statutory Address 1:
- HESKETH ARMS HOTEL, BOTANIC ROAD
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:
- HESKETH ARMS HOTEL, BOTANIC ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Sefton (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 36542 18585
Details
SOUTHPORT
SD3618NE BOTANIC ROAD, Churchtown
664-1/7/246 (North side)
29/09/51 Hesketh Arms Hotel
GV II
Hotel, now public house. Mid to later C18; enlarged and
altered, and remodelled internally. White painted render on
brick, graduated slate roof with similarly rendered chimneys.
Irregular double-depth plan including main ranges facing west
and south, with additions in angle to rear.
EXTERIOR: the west front of 2 storeys and 6 irregularly
disposed windows, with a moulded gutter cornice and 4 lead
downspouts with large decorated hoppers. Entrance off-set
slightly right of centre remodelled in 1932 as a recessed
3-bay porch with Doric columns; to the left at ground floor 5
segmental-headed windows grouped 2:2:1, and a doorway between
the 2 pairs, and to the right 2 tripartite sashed windows, all
these with glazing bars. The first floor has 6 sashed windows
with raised sills and moulded surrounds, 2 to the left have
4/8 glazing and the others 3/6 glazing. Gable chimneys and 3
ridge chimneys.
The right-hand return (south front) is a 5-window range. C20
doorway, a bow window and 3 small segmental-headed sashes at
ground floor, and 3/6 sashes above.
INTERIOR: retains a good C18 open-string staircase and remains
of some moulded plaster ceiling decoration, but is otherwise
entirely remodelled.
Forms eastern boundary of good group in centre of village,
including Gate piers at south-west corner of Parish Hall, St
Cuthbert's Road (qv), Entrance gateway to Meols Hall to south
(qv), Obelisk (qv) and Old lamp posts on green (qv), Nos 96 &
98 (qv), and Nos 100 & 102 (qv) Botanic Road to south-west,
and Church of St Cuthbert (with associated items), St
Cuthbert's's Road (qv).
Listing NGR: SD3654218585
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 478936
- 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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