Donington Manor Hotel

Donington Manor Hotel, formerly known as The Manor House, is a hotel dated 1794. It features colourwashed stucco with black-painted terracotta or stone dressings and has a concealed roof. The building is double-piled, standing three storeys tall with a cellar and a three-bay front. It has a chamfered plinth, band courses at the first and second floor levels, a moulded cornice, and a coped parapet. The outer bays display three-storey bowed projections with small cornices, triple sash windows in raised surrounds, and cellar windows. The central bay also features triple sash windows on the upper storeys, all with glazing bars. The entrance includes a central half-glazed door with an ornamental radiating fanlight, set in a doorcase with half-columns, fluted capitals, and an open dentilled pediment. This door is accessed by double curved flights of stone steps with wrought-iron railings. There are 20th-century extensions that incorporate former stable buildings, but these are not of special architectural interest. Inside, the ground floor left room boasts a fine plaster ceiling from the same period, featuring a sunburst design, cornice, and a frieze adorned with bucrania and swag.