The Vine Hotel

STAFFORD

SJ9223SW SALTER STREET 590-1/10/81 (North side) 16/01/51 Nos.4 AND 5 and The Vine Hotel

GV II

Hotel. C18 with later alterations. Stuccoed brick; tile roof with stucco stacks. Double-depth plan. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys; 6-window range with 2-storey, 3-window wing projecting to left. Gabled forward breaks, one to left end, one to left of right end windows; top cornice. Central entrance has canopy over paired 3-panel doors; later entrance to left of right end window and carriage entry to left end with paired gates with spiked cresting. Ground floor has 2 canted bay windows with colonnettes, 4:16:4-pane sashes and flat canopies, similar bay has 12:24:12-pane sashes, low window to left of entrance has 3:9:3-pane tripartite sash, right end later small-paned bow window; 1st floor has 2 windows with 4:12:4-pane tripartite sashes flanking oriel with 8:12:8-pane sashes and flat canopy on bracketed panelled base, forward breaks and right end have 16-pane sashes; 2nd floor has 3 windows with 3:9:3-pane tripartite sashes, forward breaks have windows with 4/8-pane sashes and right end window has 8-paned horned sash. Wing to left has brick modillioned cornice, early C20 shopfronts with carriage entrance to left, 1st floor has C20 small-paned top-hung casements. Rear has varied gabled wings. INTERIOR has exposed timber-framing, some probably original but some inserted in late C20; winding stair and closed well stair.

Listing NGR: SJ9220623405