Description

SEATON CAREW THE FRONT
NZ 52 NW
(west side)
7/142 No. 6 (Marine Hotel)

- II

Seaside hotel; 1900 dated on plaques under eaves in bays 2 and 4. Rendered
and painted brick, Welsh slate roof with 4 tall corniced ridge stacks, that
to south end having lesenes running up through gable ends. Modified English
Renaissance style. 3-storey, 4-bay front, the left bay, canted round
corner, has pierced parapet. Bays 2 and 4 are gabled with blank lunettes
holding rampant lions. Similar lunette crowns wider recessed 3rd bay with 5
single windows on each floor. Bands of relief ornament between floors form
balconies in this bay. Panelled door with fanlight under 3-centred arch
flanked by narrow windows. 3-centred-arched windows to ground floor of bays
2 and 4. Other windows are 3-and 6-light with mullions and transoms. Quasi-
Ionic columns support eaves cornice. Lounge bar, to right of entrance,
retains heavily-moulded ceiling cornice and original bar fittings. Later
singles 2-and 3-storey extensions to rear are not of interest.

Listing NGR: NZ5249629818

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26553904

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Recommended Books

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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments