The Lansdown Hotel

The Lansdown Hotel is a villa that has been converted into a hotel, built around 1830 to 1860 with later alterations. It features a stucco exterior over brick and a hipped slate roof with two tall stucco ridge stacks. The building stands three storeys high with a basement at the rear and has five first-floor windows arranged in a 2:1:2 pattern, with the outer two bays projecting forward and topped with gables. The stucco detailing includes tooled architraves around the windows; the ground-floor windows have eared architraves, while the first-floor windows feature a frieze and cornice, with the central window adorned with a pediment, all set on sills with feet. The windows throughout are 6/6 sashes.

The central entrance is framed by a tall solid porch supported by Corinthian columns on plinths, featuring a tooled architrave, frieze, and modillion cornice. The entrance has a round-arched opening with a keystone, leading to a recessed four-panel door flanked by side-lights and an overlight, with steps leading up to it. The eaves are wide, and low walls on either side of the steps connect to the porch. The rear of the building also has 6/6 sash windows, and the right return facing Lansdown Road has five first-floor windows, with a two-window bay on the right that breaks forward and is gabled, displaying similar stucco details.

Inside, the hotel retains original joinery and plasterwork, including embellished cornices in the ground-floor rooms. The dining room features ceiling roses and a deep frieze with acanthus leaves and a scroll frieze on the ceiling. The staircase, which remains from the first floor, has stick balusters, and there are panelled shutters that are currently nailed up. A notable feature of the garden facade is a continuous balcony with embellished panels on the balustrade, and the first-floor windows each have individual balconies. The hotel occupies an important corner site.