Parkers Hotel

Parkers Hotel is a former commercial office building, now functioning as a hotel, constructed around 1900-1910 and consisting of two sections. The entrance block is made of red brick and Portland stone, while the rear range features sandstone ashlar and has a slate roof. The building is located on an island site between Corporation Street and the railway, with the rear range being rectangular and the entrance block forming a quadrant at the south end.

The entrance block is designed in a neo-Baroque style and stands three storeys tall with a basement and double attic. It has nine bays arranged in a convex quarter circle, with a symmetrical façade where the end bays project slightly. The ground floor is characterized by channelled rusticated ashlar, banded pilasters, and open pediments with cartouches at the end bays. Fluted giant pilasters are positioned between the end bays, which are coupled in the center. The cornice is dentilled and modillioned, topped with a balustraded parapet. The attic storey features large scrolled inverted consoles, and the mansard roof includes flat-roofed dormers and an octagonal turret with a domed copper roof at the center.

The ground floor has a central round-headed doorway flanked by banded pilasters, with a cartouche keystone adorned with swags and a segmental open pediment. Round-headed windows are present at the end bays, while rectangular windows are found in the intermediate bays, all featuring elaborate keystones. The upper floors have casement windows with moulded architraves, with first-floor windows having pediments, except for the end bays which showcase curved three-light windows with colonnettes and dentilled cornices on the first floor, and large round-headed windows above. All windows above the ground floor have glazing bars.

The rear range differs in design, featuring eight bays divided by piers, a basement, and four storeys arranged horizontally in a 2:2:1 pattern, separated by prominent cornices, the upper one being modillioned. The lower stage has channelled piers and three-light sashed windows on all floors, topped by a parapet with tubular railings. The interior has not been inspected.