Bold Arms Hotel, With Attached Wooden Railings

SOUTHPORT

SD3618NW BOTANIC ROAD, Churchtown 664-1/6/234 (North side) 15/11/72 No.61 Bold Arms Hotel, with attached wooden railings (Formerly Listed as: BOTANIC ROAD, Churchtown Bold Arms Hotel) (Formerly Listed as: BOTANIC ROAD, Churchtown Wooden Railing in front of Bold Arms Hotel)

GV II

Hotel, now public house. Probably C18; enlarged and altered. White painted render, slate roofs on 4 levels. Irregular linear plan formed by double-depth main range with additions to both ends and rear. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys to different heights plus small single-storey extension to right, a 4-window main range with set-back 3-window wing to left and set-back 2- plus 2-window wing to right. The main range, with plinth and moulded gutter cornice, has doorways at the left end and between the third and fourth windows, both with fluted wooden pilasters and flat canopies suspended on metal ties. Large canted bay window to the right of each, with 6/6 sashes, 2 6/6 sashes to the ground floor between, and four 6/6 sashes above, with moulded architraves. The left wing, which is longer and lower, has 2 French windows and a tripartite window at ground floor, 3 widely spaced 3/6 sashes above. The right-hand wing has a doorway protected by a Regency-style latticed metal porch with swept roof, a tripartite sashed window to the right, 2 3/6 sashes above, and a moulded gutter cornice. Further right is a single-storey extension with 2 tripartite windows. INTERIOR: not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached to the front wall, enclosing each of the canted bay windows, are simple wooden railings for tethering horses (probably restored). Forms group with stable and coach-house range to rear (qv), and with Nos 68 & 70 (qv), 72-86 (qv), and 88-92 (qv) opposite.

Listing NGR: SD3646618558