Description

BRIXHAM

SX9256SW NEW ROAD, Lower Brixham
1946-1/10/193 (South side)
18/10/49 The Bolton Hotel
(Formerly Listed as:
BOLTON STREET
Bolton Hotel)

GV II

Includes: The Bolton Hotel BOLTON STREET Lower Brixham.
Hotel. Early/mid C19. Solid rendered walls. Hipped slated
roof. 2 painted brick chimneys on rear wall.
3 storeys. 3-window front to New Road; 2-window return to
Bolton Street with one window on the rounded corner. Main
entrance is at left-hand end of New Road front; Doric porch
with vase at each end of blocking-course, the pedestals of the
vases decorated with wreaths; panelled reveals; fanlight with
glazing bars forming zig-zag pattern. Late C19 half-glazed
door to right of Bolton Street front has 3 raised and fielded
panels at bottom; glazed upper panel has THE BOLTON HOTEL
inscribed in frosted glass. Windows mostly have small-paned
sashes with margin-panes: 6 over 6 panes in ground and second
storeys, 3 over 6 panes in third storey, except that those on
the rounded corner are 4 panes wide. The ground storey of the
Bolton Street front differs in having a single wide window
containing 2 pairs of plain sashes. Both this and the
ground-storey window on the corner have C19 iron guard-rails
decorated with quatrefoils and scrolls. Right-hand
third-storey window to Bolton Street is blind. Moulded cornice
above ground storey on both fronts. Second-storey windows have
cornices on consoles. Deep plain eaves-cornice.
INTERIOR partly inspected on ground and first floors. These
seem much altered, but moulded cornices remain in parts of
ground floor. Wooden dogleg staircase with column newels;
balusters boxed in. Bolton Street entrance has inner porch
with half-glazed partition similar to the entrance door,
including the name of the hotel in frosted glass; egg-and-dart
cornice.
(Brixham Tithe Map and Apportionment: 1838-).

Listing NGR: SX9233156004

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26512859

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)