Description

GLOUCESTER

SO8218SE SOUTHGATE STREET
844-1/11/274 (East side)
23/01/52 No.77
Albion House

GV II

Hotel, now offices. 1831 by Thomas Fulljames mid C20 additions
and alterations. Ashlar, parapeted roof not visible. Severe
Greek Revival. Large double-depth block with short projections
to rear at either end and a projecting bay on the north side.
EXTERIOR: two storeys and a plain C20 attic storey; a
symmetrical five-bay facade of Bath stone above a high plinth
or podium, with a moulded capping in contrasting darker stone
which supports a giant order of pilasters with moulded bases,
and abaci with egg-and-dart enrichment below a Doric
entablature with its crowning cornice of contrasting darker
stone; pairs of pilasters frame each of the slightly
projecting end bays, the outer pilasters clasping the outer
corners of the front. In the central bay within an opening
framed by pilasters supporting an enriched Doric entablature,
a flight of stone steps rising to an inner doorway framed by
pilasters with console brackets supporting a cornice,and
narrow sidelights. Sashes with glazing bars (3x4 panes) to
both floors in all other bays except in the right hand end bay
which has a single sash at mid height with a smaller window
below.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
As a hotel, this building was called The Albion Hotel

Listing NGR: SO8289518164

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26561679

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Recommended Books

• 
  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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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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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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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)