Description

BARROW IN FURNESS

SD1969SE CORNWALLIS STREET
708-1/12/36 (North West side)
06/05/76 Hotel Imperial
(Formerly Listed as:
CORNWALLIS STREET
Imperial Hotel with two lamps in
front)

GV II

Hotel. c1875. By Thomas Bennett. For TC and J Hunter (plan).
Red brick with ashlar sandstone dressings, slate roof. 4
storeys with attic, 11 bays with windows in rhythm
3:1:2:2:2:1. Chamfered plinth. 4-pane sashes on continuous
sill bands. Main entrance to bay 4 has panelled double doors
in raised ashlar surround with pilasters, columns and round
arch with carved spandrels bearing initials 'TC' and 'JH';
cornice on consoles surmounted by balustraded balcony.
Ground-floor windows have sill blocks and gauged-brick, round
arches under linked, pointed-arched hoodmoulds. Doorway formed
through bay 2 window; square-headed vehicle entrance to bay
11. 1st floor: moulded brick, round arches to each window;
round-arched, continuous hoodmould. 2nd floor: shouldered
lintels beneath segmental brick arches and segmentally-arched,
continuous hoodmould. 3rd floor windows have segmental-arched
lintels and straight cornices. String course and corbel table
to eaves cornice with blocking course. Front-slope stack
between bays 6 and 7 has offset plinth, band and cornice; 2
similar stacks on right now truncated. Brick dormer added over
bays 1-4. Plans submitted in 1874 for a 'New Hotel' by 'Thomas
Bennet, Architect, Cornwallis Street'. The drawings clearly
relate to this hotel although the window treatment must have
been revised.
(Building Plans Register: 1875-: NO.589).

Listing NGR: SD1971769101

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Imperial Hotel at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q20876706

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)