Sydney House Hotel is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1951. Hotel. 1 related planning application.

Sydney House Hotel

WRENN ID
swift-fireplace-ash
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Oxfordshire
Country
England
Date first listed
25 January 1951
Type
Hotel
Source
Historic England listing

Description

Sydney House Hotel is a late 18th-century building with a rear wing dating back to the 16th and 17th centuries. The front facade is of painted brick, topped with a bracketed wooden cornice, and has an old tiled roof. A stucco string course runs along the first floor. The building is three storeys high with three windows. The outer windows are two-storey angular bays with moulded bracketed cornices above. The windows are sash windows with glazing bars. The central entrance has a moulded hood supported by brackets, a moulded architrave, a six-panelled door, and a narrow rectangular fanlight.

Inside, timber framing with square panels and brick infilling is visible in the rear side wall. A late 18th-century dog leg staircase features, with two balusters to each tread and a ramped handrail.

Sydney House Hotel forms a group with numbers 1 to 11 (odd) and 15 to 25 (odd), Denmark House, Elm House, Ruperts Elm, Ruperts Guard, White House, the Obelisk, number 30, numbers 93 and 95, numbers 70 to 102 (even), the building to the rear of number 70 Bell Street, and Tarrys Cottage, Bell Cottage, and the flat on Ruperts Lane.

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