The Swan and Railway Hotel
THE SWAN AND RAILWAY HOTEL, 80, WALLGATE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1384554
- Date first listed:
- 27-Jun-1995
- List Entry Name:
- The Swan and Railway Hotel
- Statutory Address:
- THE SWAN AND RAILWAY HOTEL, 80, WALLGATE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1384554
- Date first listed:
- 27-Jun-1995
- List Entry Name:
- The Swan and Railway Hotel
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE SWAN AND RAILWAY HOTEL, 80, WALLGATE
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:
- THE SWAN AND RAILWAY HOTEL, 80, WALLGATE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Wigan (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 58088 05440
Details
WIGAN
SD5805SW WALLGATE
24-1/8/103 (West side)
27/06/95 No.80
The Swan and Railway Hotel
GV II
Hotel, now public house. 1898, by WEV Crompton. Red brick in
Flemish bond with matching terracotta dressings including
square tiling to ground floor; green slate roof. Narrow
rectangular plan at right-angles to street. Scottish baronial
style.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys and attic, a 2-window facade, with two
2-storey semi-circular oriels to the upper floors, a
modillioned cornice and coupled attic gables. The ground floor
has a wide square-headed doorway offset left and flanked by
2-light windows, that to the right with a narrower doorway
immediately to its right, all these openings with moulded
eared surrounds and large overlights with stained glass. The
upper floors have 5-light mullioned windows (3 lights in the
oriels), those at 1st floor transomed, and pairs of
round-headed lancets in the gables separated by Art Nouveau
shafts rising to apex finials. Small-paned glazing to the
windows.
INTERIOR: original features including mosaic floor to porch
lettered "Swan & Railway"; entrance passage and rear hall with
foliated glazed wall-tiles; lounge to left of entrance
passage, servery to bar of vault to right, panelled and
stained glass screens to bar and original settle seating in
both these rooms.
Listing NGR: SD5808805440
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 484989
- 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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