Description

PAIGNTON

SX8860 PRINCES STREET
1947-1/5/78 (North West side)
10/01/75 No.31
The Victoria Hotel

GV II

Public house and hotel. c1850s. Rendered; slate roof hipped at
left end, gabled at right end; stacks with rendered shafts
with platbands and old pots.
PLAN: Double-depth rectangular plan, adjacent to old brewery
building in the same street (qv).
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys and cellar. Asymmetrical 4-window front
plus canted bay to the corner with Well Street. Platbands at
first and second-floor sill level. Bar frontage has
lead-roofed fascia; 3 doors with rectangular overlights with
rounded upper corners (doors C20 replacements). The left-hand
doors flank a bar window with cast-iron columns to left and
right; further bar window at extreme left; 12-pane sash and
cellar loading door at extreme right end. First and 2nd-floor
windows 12-pane sashes except left-hand bay and canted corner
where they have been reglazed as 4-pane sashes with horizontal
glazing bars. Canted corner has former doorway (converted to
window) flanked by moulded claping pilasters with capitals.
2-bay front to Well Street. The bar fascia continues for one
bay, with one window; blind recesses above. 4-pane sashes with
horizontal glazing bars to the left-hand with wall of
single-storey service block and yard to left-hand.
INTERIOR: Not inspected but may retain features of interest.

Listing NGR: SX8856060857

Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)