Punch Hotel

KINGSTON UPON HULL

TA0928NE QUEEN VICTORIA SQUARE 680-1/22/320 (South West side) 12/11/73 Punch Hotel (Formerly Listed as: QUEEN VICTORIA SQUARE (South side) The Punch Bowl)

GV II

Public house. 1898. By Smith, Brodrick & Lowther. For the Hull Brewery Co. Brick with granite plinth and terracotta dressings and plain tile roof with crest. 3 large side wall stacks with quoins, double cornices and panelled tops. Tudor Gothic Revival style. Ground floor cornice, traceried corbel table. 3 storeys. Curved asymmetrical front of 5 bays. Recessed off-centre entrance bay has 2 ogee headed cross casements fronted by a coped parapet with the inscription "Punch Hotel" in raised lettering. Above, a 2-light mullioned window in a projecting surround with a traceried ogee gable and finials. Below, 2 segment-arched entrances with traceried lintels. In the centre, a semicircular bay window with 2 cross casements, flanked by deeply recessed glazed double doors. On either side, a canted 2-storey bay window with a 4-light cross mullioned window on each floor, topped by an ogee traceried balustrade. Between floors, a terracotta relief panel on the line of the central balustrade. Above, on either side, an elaborate shaped gable with linked pinnacles and a pair of recessed elliptical-arched 2-light mullioned windows under a common ogee head. To right, a square bay window and gable with similar fenestration. All the gables have Punch head medallions. To right again, a recessed blank bay with an elliptical-arched pierced balustrade. Porch with similar balustrade and segment-headed doorway with recessed glazed double door. Left return has a 2-storey lean-to projection enclosed by a coped yard wall with a pair of gatepiers with ball finials. On the first floor, the Hull Brewery Co trademark in relief. To its right, a canted stair turret with 2 basket-arched transomed windows on the first floor. To right again, a larger cross mullioned window on each floor, and above them a terracotta panel with the hotel's name. INTERIOR, refitted mid C20, retains some original features. (Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Yorkshire; York and The East Riding: London: 1972-: 278).

Listing NGR: TA0959428725