Invicta Hotel

The Invicta Hotel, located on Lockyer Street in Plymouth, is a Grade II listed building that was originally built as a pair of houses in the mid-19th century. The structure is made of stucco and features an asbestos slate mansard roof with four dormer windows above a moulded parapet cornice. It has stuccoed end and axial stacks with moulded cornices and several old chimney pots. The hotel has a double-depth plan and stands three storeys high, with a symmetrical four-window front that includes late 19th-century horned sash windows.

Architectural details include rusticated quoins and a tetrastyle Corinthian porch with a moulded cornice, which is topped by a latticed balustrade. This porch is flanked by slightly projecting tripartite windows connected by a string course. The first floor showcases moulded eared architraves and hoods, while the second floor features a sill string, round sill brackets, and eared architraves for the shorter window openings. The central entrance consists of a pair of segmental-arched doorways with panelled doors and overlights.

Although the interior has not been inspected, it is expected to be of interest. The Invicta Hotel is part of a significant planned group of terraces and villas designed by the architect John Foulston and his pupil Wightwick on the Hoe, contributing to Plymouth's reputation for innovative town planning in the early to mid-19th century.