Description

BUXTON

SK0573NE PALACE ROAD
616-1/3/62 (West side)
18/10/94 Palace Hotel

II

Formerly known as: Buxton Hotel PALACE ROAD.
Hotel. 1868, with C20 alterations and additions. By Henry
Currey. Coursed dressed millstone grit with ashlar dressings
and Welsh slate Mansard roofs with ornate iron ridge railings.
STYLE: French chateau.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys plus attic and basement. Moulded plinth,
ground floor impost band, moulded first floor cornice band and
moulded second-floor band. Deeply moulded eaves cornice with
brackets and iron railed parapet.
Main symmetrical 17-window front arranged 2:4:1:3:1:4:2 with
projecting 5 window centre and 2 window pavilions. Central
projecting porch with triple round arches supported on painted
cast-iron columns with double doors and 3 round headed windows
with margin glazing. Above 3 cross casements with pilaster
surrounds and bracketed hoods forming balconies with iron
railings to the 3 round headed windows above, also with flat
hoods. Attic has open pediment and tripartite window with
round headed centre. Single bays set back to each side have
round headed doorways and then similar fenestration.
Set back 4 window side wings have slightly projecting ground
floors topped with similar balustrade and fenestration to
centre block, with pedimented dormer windows to attic. 2
window slightly projecting outer pavilions have similar
fenestration with rusticated pilaster strips at the corners.
Central section and side pavilions are linked by low stone
walls and ornate iron railings.
Left return originally of 4 bays, now of 7 bays with right
angled wing and similar articulation.
INTERIOR: retains large entrance hall with stairs to rear,
both with ornate plasterwork and marble pillars.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Derbyshire:
Harmondsworth: 1953-1986: 116; Leach John: The Book Of Buxton:
Leicester: 1987-: 126+127).

Listing NGR: SK0574173779

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Palace Hotel at Wikipedia
• Palace Hotel official website
• Wikidata Q26549305

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Recommended Books

• 
  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (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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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990