The Alexandra Hotel, 2 Houses Adjoining At The South And One At The East

KENTON ALEXANDRA TERRACE, Starcross SX 9681-9781

14/211 The Alexandra Hotel, 2 houses adjoining at the south and one at the north

GV II

Public house and 3 adjoining houses. Circa 1901, one build. Red brick with stone dressings; slate roof, gabled at ends with 2 gables to the front in the centre of the public house. Eclectic late Victorian style Plan: An hotel, now a public house, with a carriage entrance to the right, flanked by contemporary houses. Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 2:3:2 window front, the public house, to right of centre, symmetrical with 3 windows and very deep verges on shaped brackets to the 2 centre gables. Central front door with a porch canopy on brackets, recessed between walls; V-shaped bay windows to left and right, recessed behind the wall plane of the front elevation with colonnettes at the point of the V. Fenestration of 4-pane plate glass sash windows, the first floor left and right windows in round-headed architraves with keyblocks. To the left of the pub 2 houses with original lean-to porch hoods on timber traceried brackets and original 2-pane sash windows. To the right of the pub a segmental-headed archway with a similar house to the right of the archway with an extra 2-pane sash above the arch. Interior: Public house modernised, other interiors not inspected. An eccentric early C20 century design with a well-preserved exterior: group value with the Starcross pumping house (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SX9775981660