The Bush Hotel (Part Comprising The Elevation Above Ground Floor And Rear Structure In The Street Front To The Borough And The Western, Southern And Part Of The Eastern Ranges In The Yard Behind)

1. 1099 THE BOROUGH (South East Side)

The Bush Hotel (part comprising the elevation above ground floor and rear structure in the street front to the Borough and the western, southern and part of the eastern ranges in the yard behind) SU 8446 NW 6/112 26.4.50.

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1. Street front circa 1840 to upper part, with modern alterations (1931) on ground floor. 3 storeys. Upper part yellow stock brick on ground floor of shop windows and yard entry framed in plain stone. String at 2nd floor level. Heavy boxed cornice on brackets. Slate roof. 7-bay front, the 5 central bays with slight projection. 7 windows on 2nd floor. 5 tall 4-light casements on 1st floor, all with splayed surrounds, and recessed panels over and flanked by outer 3-light windows. Glazing bars intact. The yard entry leads to a large court with irregular red brick blocks grouped round it. The former stables form part of the group and all have been altered in recent years to form part of the hotel. To the right hand behind yard entry, a low 2-storey, 1-bay block; on ground floor a narrow C19 splayed oriel bay window with glazing bars flanked by a door to either side. Projecting forward to left hand of this, with hipped slate roof, a block with 2 windows on ground floor, one to north curved on corner. Along south-west side of courtyard, south-west range has 5 windows above, modern glazing below; centre doorway. South-east range facing on to courtyard has one 3-light sash window above; sash windows below; portico projecting forward in left hand corner. In north-east range, one portion of 3 window bays with tile nipped roof, and another portion of 4 window bays with tile gabled roof. Garden front of south-east range: 2 storeys, 10 window bays. Red brick front. Tile roof. Sash windows 3 panes wide above except for small window over entrance. On ground floor, sash windows and 3 French casements. In 5th bay from left hand (south west) and, t flush-panelled-door with fluted impost band. 3-light segmental headed fanlight; wide segmental hood supported on low columns. Projecting forward at right hand, north-east end, of this range, a 2-storey 5-bay block with higher frontage (modern reconstruction: 1930s). Incorporates one of the former chimneys of the old bank building by Norman Shaw.

The Borough front of the Bush Hotel and Nos 29 to 44 (consec) form a group.

Listing NGR: SU8405846918