Lonsdale House Hotel

ULVERSTON

SD2878 626-1/3/20 02/03/50

DALTONGATE (South side) No.11 Lonsdale House Hotel

GV II

House, now hotel. Late C18. Painted stucco with some painted stone dressings and with brick chimney caps and a slate roof. 3 storeys above a cellar and 6 bays. The outer bays are set back slightly and the right-hand bay contains a yard entrance with segmental arch. Above the ground floor there is a storey band, and there is a moulded gutter cornice. Bays 2 to 5 on the ground floor have channelled rustication. The windows have plain reveals and are glazing bar sashes except for those on the 2nd floor which have 6 panes but are C20 centre-pivoting casements. The doorway, in the 3rd bay, is approached by steps parallel with the wall which have iron railings and include a gate opening at their landing level. The door has 6 flush panels and a fanlight with Gothick glazing. It is set within a surround treated like a Venetian window, with moulded imposts which form cornices above blind panels to left and right, and with a segmental super-arch. At the left steps lead down to a C20 cellar doorway. Gable chimneys. The rear wall contains a Venetian stair window. INTERIOR: the stair has an open string, tread brackets, mahogany stick balusters, and a wreathed mahogany handrail.

Listing NGR: SD2850978348