Waterloo House

Waterloo House is a hotel dating back to the early 19th century, with a later addition built in 1912. It is constructed of rubble stone with brick dressings, covered by a slate roof. The building is set back and elevated from the street, built against rising ground at the rear, and features a prominent, narrow wing projecting forward to the street.

The original 19th-century section is two stories tall, with an attic and a lower ground floor, and has a three-window front. It has two flat-roofed dormers with paired windows, one of which has a central room divider. The lower ground floor features a two-light casement and a four-pane sash window. The main entrance is accessed via a flight of twelve stone steps with nosings and a cast-iron scrolled balustrade, leading to a panelled door within an arched opening with a transom light. A slate-hung story was later added to the rear, above whitewashed rubble, with sash windows, including a central staircase window with margin panes.

The projecting wing is four stories high and one window wide, with a gable containing a window above a tripartite 2:4:2-pane sash window, and a hipped hexagonal bay with brick mullions and plain sashes. A door opening leads to a balcony, and the side return includes margin-pane sashes and a wide opening above a door and side-light. To the rear, the building is rendered, with four-pane sash windows. Chimneys are located at the right eaves and rear left.

The interior retains many original features, including panelled doors, and shuttered windows. Lower rooms feature moulded cornices, and the front room on the right has a fireplace with a fluted surround and decorative elements. The rear staircase is enclosed and has turned balusters and newels; the landing window has tinted glass. A wide elliptical arch on reeded pilasters is found on the first floor. The roof structure incorporates collar and king-post beams with run-out stops. The lower ground floor has a stone-flagged floor. The 1912 wing contains a dining room with an embattled marble fireplace, attributed to James and Albert Edward, and an open-well staircase with turned balusters and newels.

Documentary evidence confirms the building's original use as a hotel in 1820, and architectural details suggest the addition was made in 1912 to expand the hotel. Waterloo House is notable for retaining much of its original detailing both inside and out and for contributing to the group value of the surrounding listed buildings.