Donington Manor Hotel

CASTLE DONINGTON HIGH STREET SK 4427-4527 (east side) 9/65 Donington Manor Hotel (formerly listed as The 29.12.52 Manor House) - II

Hotel. Dated 1794. Colourwashed stucco with black-painted terracotta or stone dressings. Concealed roof. Double pile. 3 storeys and cellar; 3-bay front. Chamfered plinth, band courses at first and second floor levels, moulded cornice, coped parapet. Outer bays have 3-storey bowed projections with small cornices, triple sashes in raised surrounds, and cellar windows. Centre bay also has triple sashes to upper storeys, all sashes with glazing bars. Central half-glazed door with ornamental radiating fanlight, in doorcase with half- columns, fluted capitals and open dentilled pediment. Door is approached by double curved flights of stone steps with wrought-iron railings. Flanking C20 extensions, incorporating former stable buildings, are not of special archi- tectural interest. Interior: ground floor left room has fine plaster ceiling of contemporary date, with sunburst, cornice, and frieze with bucrania and swag.

Listing NGR: SK4450627240