History

Originally built 1882-4 by S W Williams as the rectory to Holy Trinity Parish Church, after the appointment in November 1881 of Archdeacon de Winton as rector. The building was enlarged in 1896/7 and converted to hotel use (named the Plas Winton Hotel before becoming the Commodore) although retaining some of the original fabric and similar ground plan.

Exterior

Arts and Crafts (Webb/Shaw influence). 4-storey and attic, 5-stepped - gable tile-hung front with rubble and whitewashed dressings to ground floor and regularly spaced bands of fish-scale tiling above, swept out over foliated treracotta band courses between 2nd and 3rd floors and over black brick band course between ground and 1st floors. Tiled roofs with 6 multiflue chimney stacks with moulded caps. Cusped and ogee-headed bargeboards to gables with wide boarded eaves. Broad gable over advanced double bay incorporating main entrance. 1 bay set well back to right and 2 individually gabled bays set back beyond. Same 2-light paired sash window type throughout 1st, 3rd and 4th floors except bay to right of entrance which has 3-light grouped sash windows. The 2nd (main) floor is emphasised by oriel windows with bracket bases under small hipped-roof hoods supported on curved brackets; also to return sides of main advanced double bay. 4-and 5-light grouped sash windows to ground floor, lean-to hood over advanced plain porch with modern doors.

Twin gabled right side in same style with single storey and attic rubble and tile-hung extension (formerly the Parish Room) with twin tile-hung dormers to right. Similar left side with bay window to ground floor. Modern extensions to rear and to ground floor left.

Reasons for Listing

Group value.

External Links

• Cadwr Listing
• Wikidata Q29487895

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Recommended Books

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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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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)