Hotel Ryde Castle

THE STRAND 1. 1577 (North Side) No 1 (Hotel Ryde Castle) SZ 5992 3/320

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1. Circa 1840, originally private house in crenellated style, extended later to East. Two storeys, stone rubble with ashlar quoins, rendered coping to crenellated parapets. Main front to Esplanade: a square three storeyed entrance tower raised by an extra storey to South, both levels with crenel- lation and square and octagonal chimneys corbelled at angles. One window to first and second floors. Next to West: a slightly recessed bay of two windows first floor, three on ground floor followed by a three sided turret, slit windows to front and lancet on West side. Finally a slightly taller section of two windows first floor and rectangular bay to ground floor. Hipped slate roof visible through crenellation. The first floor of entrance tower has a three light canted bay, mullioned and transomed parapet with four gable capped finials. Second floor three light casement. The ground floor rectangular bay at West end is rendered with crenellation, French window in centre flanked by side lights. The other windows are two light casements, French windows to ground floor of recessed bay, set in rendered surrounds with drip moulds over. Rectangular entrance bay to Tower with cornice and shallow stepped pediment. Recessed modern double doors in moulded four centred arched surround, drip mould over. Rendered two storeyed and single storeyed wings have been added to the East, West and South in keeping with crenellated style, drip moulds over windows.

Nos 1 to 7 (consec) and Nos 9 to 20 (consec) form a group.

Listing NGR: SZ5967292713