Rawson Hotel is a Grade II listed building in the Bradford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 1983. Hotel. 4 related planning applications.
Rawson Hotel
- WRENN ID
- sheer-floor-sepia
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bradford
- Constituency
- Bradford West MP: Naz Shah (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 August 1983
- Type
- Hotel
- Address
- Rawson Hotel, John Street Bd1, BD1 3JS
- OS grid reference
- SE 161 333
- Coordinates
- 53.79611, -1.75636
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rawson Hotel, located on John Street, dates to 1899, and represents the surviving corner block of the original Rawson Market which began construction in 1871. Designed initially by Lockwood and Mawson, the market was extended in 1899 by Hope and Jondine, the same architects responsible for the Technical College. Situated on a quadrant corner with Rawson Place, the building showcases Gaisby Rock ashlar elevations, presenting one bay to Rawson Place and three to John Street. The corner is prominently emphasised by a five-story circular tower. The uppermost stage of this tower features a drum supported by four pairs of Corinthian columns, with urns and a finely detailed masonry dome incorporating a cupola lantern above. The flanking elevations, which are three stories tall with an attic, are characterized by giant Corinthian columns featuring block banding at the base of the shafts. Additional details include shallow canted bay windows on the first floor, a large lunette window above the segmental portal entrance, and pedimented dormers within the parapet, with urns aligned with the columns below. The windows are stone mullioned. The hotel is listed primarily for the significant contribution the tower makes to the townscape.
Local climate
Rawson Hotel sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2024
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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