Description

1.
1578 HIGH STREET
(South Side)

The George Hotel
TQ 9220 1/85 12.10.51.

II GV

2.
The hotel included several originally separate buildings of various dates
from C15 to early C19. The Lion Street frontage consists of 2 timber framed
cottages. The southern cottage dates from C15, the northern one from about
1600. 2 storeys, 2 windows each. Upper floors have been reconstructed
and heightened probably in C18 but the jettying is still evident. Tiled
roof. Upper storey tile hung, lower storey underbuilt with brick, now stuccoed.
Upper storeys have Cl9 sash windows. Lower storeys have bay windows, those
of the northern cottage with original glazing bars. Southern cottage has
central doorway and passage through southern end to the back of the hotel.
The VCH says that this lower storey and gateway have C15 ceiling beams.
The main hotel block facing High Street has been underbuilt and has an
C18 facade. 3 storeys and attic. Painted brick. Wooden dentil eaves
cornioe. Tiled roof and 4 dormers. Windows with segmental heads, the
centre one on th 1st floor surmounted by a heavy pediment. Porch with
Doric columns and an iron railing above it in front of the pedimented window.
The interior has open timbered ceilings and fireplaces and early C17 panelling.
The western half of the High Street facade and the former Assembly Rooms
(now the dining room) were built in 1818. Painted brick. 2 large, 3-light
bow windows on the 1st floor. Later mansard roof with 3 dormers. Beneath
the westernnost 1st floor window is the entrance to the Stable Yard now
converted into a garage. The Assembly Rooms have a plastered ceiling and
a Musicians' Gallery.

Nos 92 to 97 (consec) George Hotel and Nos 99 to 104A (consec) form a group.

Listing NGR: TQ9210920388

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26543663

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Recommended Books

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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)