Grapes Hotel

The Grapes Hotel is a public house built in 1903, designed by Mr. Newton of Hartley, Hacking & Co. It features a red brick exterior with red terracotta dressings and a slate roof with red ridge tiles. The building has a rectangular plan located on a corner site and is designed in the Jacobean style. It stands two storeys tall with cellars and has four unequal bays, including a gabled bay on the left and a splayed corner on the right. The windows are mullion and transom style with hoodmoulds; the gabled bay on the ground floor includes a canted bay window, while the narrow second bay has a Jacobean-style porch with a pedimented parapet that displays the date 1903. The third bay features an 8-light window with terracotta panels above, and the splayed corner has a Jacobean-style entrance leading to the vault. The right-hand return maintains a similar style but includes a 20th-century flat-roofed extension and a wide canted bay window for the billiard room at the rear.

Inside, the layout has seen some alterations but retains original fittings. The entrance lobby leads to a vault on the right, while ahead is a mahogany screen with glazed panels and overlights, along with a door featuring cut and etched glass adorned with vine designs and the words 'Grapes Hotel'. The hall showcases a dado of green glazed Art Nouveau tiles that continues up the stairwell, along with an elaborate mahogany Jacobean-style staircase. The bar area is notable for its brilliant cut glass hatches and overlights. The rooms typically have Jacobean-style door surrounds and doors with cut and etched glass labels such as "BAR PARLOUR" and "SMOKE ROOM." The lobby screen and Jacobean-style fireplaces are also present, with some original fixed upholstered seating, although the smoke room has been altered. The billiard room features seating on raised platforms and a Jacobean-style chimneypiece. The vault includes simple fixed seating and a panelled lobby with an internal door that has cut and etched glass. Upstairs, the meeting room has exposed roof timbers and an original fireplace.