Angel Croft Hotel And Attached Outbuilding, Front Railings And Gates

The Angel Croft Hotel and attached outbuilding, along with their front railings and gates, date from around 1750. The hotel is constructed of brick with ashlar dressings and has a hipped slate roof with lateral stacks. It follows a double-depth plan and is designed in the Georgian style. The three-storey, symmetrical facade features a five-window arrangement. Architectural details include a plaster plinth, ground and first floor sill bands, a top cornice, and a blocking course. The round-headed entrance has an aedicule with Doric columns and a Tuscan entablature with a fluted frieze and pediment. Above the six-fielded-panel door is a fanlight with thick glazing bars. The ground and first floor windows have sills and rubbed brick flat arches over 12-pane sashes; second floor windows have 6-pane sashes. The rear of the hotel features a tall, round-headed stair window with glazing bars and flanking full-height canted bays. A tall stair window is also present on the right return. The outbuilding to the front right has a ramped cornice and two windows with 9-pane horned sashes, connected to the front by a stone-coped brick wall with railings featuring fleur-de-lys finials. The enriched central paired gates have similar gate piers and an overthrow with two lantern holders. The railings and gates were separately listed on March 6, 1970.