Nesscliffe Hotel

SJ 31 NE; 4/130

GREAT NESS C.P., NESSCLIFFE, Nesscliffe Hotel

II

Hotel. Early C19, with minor late C19 alterations and additions. Red brick with slate roof. Three storeys over basement. Plinth with chamfered stone top, dentil brick eaves cornice and parapeted gable ends with rounded stone copings and shaped kneelers. External brick end stacks. 4+1 bays; boxed glazing bar sashes (12- and 16-pane) with painted stone cills and gauged-brick heads (some windows without flat arches). Blind second-floor window in second bay from left. Left-hand first-floor bay blank with remains of painted sign. Central late C19 brick porch with chamfered plinth, moulded-brick corners, moulded-brick and stone cornice and pierced terracotta parapet with coping and panelled square dies. Scalloped-brick segmental archway with keystone and segmental-headed side windows. Central half-glazed door with 3-part rectangular overlight and moulded frame. Steps up to porch from left and right. Basement door to left. Two-storey wing set-back to right with hipped roof, glazing bar sash to first floor and C20 casement to ground floor. Right-hand return front of two bays, with glazing bar sashes. Two- storey red sandstone wing to rear with integral brick end stack and glazing bar sashes. Interior not inspected. The hotel was a staging post on the Holyhead Road, improved by Thomas Telford in the 15 years after 1817.

Listing NGR: SJ3835419136