Grosvenor House Hotel

Grosvenor House Hotel is a villa or boarding house that has been converted into a hotel. It was built in the mid-19th century, extended in the late 19th century, and altered in the 20th century. It is possibly designed by Sir Joseph Paxton. The building is constructed from dressed millstone grit with ashlar dressings and features a Welsh slate roof, moulded stone stacks, and overhanging eaves supported by prominent wooden brackets.

The exterior consists of two storeys and attics, with a single-storey extension to the left. There are plinth, impost, and sill bands. The main front has three windows and a central doorway with a segmental head, featuring a four-panel door and overlight. The doorway has a chamfered surround with carved imposts and a keystone. Above the doorway is a segment-headed plain sash window in a similar surround. To the left is a two-storey canted bay window with segment-headed plain sashes and a hipped slate roof. To the right is a similar single-storey canted bay window with a flat roof, above which is a single segment-headed plain sash with a carved impost and keystone. In the gables on either side, there are round-headed sashes with prominent keystones. The single-storey flat-roofed extension to the left has a segment-headed doorway to the right with a four-panel door and overlight in a flat ashlar surround with a keystone and flat hood. To the left of this extension are a pair of segment-headed plain sashes in similar surrounds, with a canted corner featuring another similar pair of sashes. The rear of the building is irregular and asymmetrical, containing some round-headed windows and a brick extension.

The interior has not been inspected. The Broad Walk, where the hotel is located, consists of a series of Victorian villas and a walk overlooking the Pavilion Gardens, originally laid out by Paxton around 1850. Most of the surrounding houses were built by speculative developers, with some reputedly designed in detail by Paxton's former pupil Edward Milner from 1871 and constructed by Saunders & Woolcott for the 7th Duke.