Description

SP 9527 BISHOP'S CLEEVE A435
(east side)

16/24 Cleeveway Hotel

II

Former house now hotel. Possibly late C18 extended and altered
mid-late C19. Coursed squared and dressed limestone with dressed
stone quoins and ashlar dressings; stone slate roof with rendered
and ashlar stacks. Basically square plan possibly incorporating a
C18 building between two east-west cross wings, further C18 range
at the north-east corner. Twin-gabled entrance front with 2-storey
canted bay to the left with sashes with horns and horizontal
glazing bars to the ground floor; 8-pane sashes to the upper
floor; embattlemented parapet; small 2-light window above.
Central C19 projecting open-sided porch with fluted columns and
round-headed arches with keystones on three sides; pierced parapet
C20 part-glazed door with leaded panes within the porch; 2 sash
windows with horizontal glazing bars to the right. Four 12-pane
sashes to the first foor; small 4-pane window to gable upper
right. Dressed stone surrounds with keystones to all windows. The
area between the 2 gables is recessed slightly at first floor level
and has a deep moulded cornice. Almost symmetrical twin-gabled
2:2:2-windowed west front lit by sash windows with plain dressed
stone architraves with keystones and glazing bars, some only
horizontal. Two 2-storey canted bays with battlemented parapets to
the east front. Large circular fluted pedestals with finials
formerly at the apex and eaves of each gable, some now badly eroded
or lost.
Interior: cornice with anthemion decoration and Corinthian
modillions with floral bosses. Mid-late C19 open-well staircase
with wreathed handrail and foliate cast iron balustrade.
Incomplete interior inspection which appears to retain many period
features.

Listing NGR: SO9572427954

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26384040

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