Railway Hotel

NORTHALLERTON SE 3693 BOROUGHBRIDGE ROAD (Northwest side) 1679/7/10001 Railway Hotel II

Marked on the OS map as Station Hotel. Hotel. c1810, rebuilt 1902. For Plews & Son (Brewers). Red brick and decorative tile hanging and terracotta dressings with plain tile roofs and tall brick stacks. Moulded plinth. 2 storey plus attics. Street front has 5 window front with tall coach house to right. Off-centre doorway has large 6-panel door in elaborately moulded terracotta surround with dumpy fluted pilasters supporting an open semi-circular pediment. Above an ornate iron bracket supporting a painted hanging sign. To right a canted 2 storey terracotta bay window with 2-1ight cross casements. Beyond a large, segmental carriage arch with moulded and rusticated voussoirs and keystone, and a pair of Art Nouveau style iron gates. At the right a coach house with doors and timber-framed gable. To left 3 single 2-1ight windows in plain terracotta surrounds and etched glass. Upper floor has tile-hanging with 2-1ight cross casements either side of the canted bay which is topped with a jettied timber-framed gable. T o left a 3-1ight casement and beyond an oriel window with S-1ight cross casements, topped with another timber-framed gable. Both these gables have small 3-1ight casements and between a 3-1ight dormer window with a pediment. Left return has blocked off-centre doorway with ornate terracotta surround the same as that to the front with an ornate iron bracket with lamp. To right a single light window in plain terracotta surround, to left a semi-circular bow window with ornate terracotta surround and S-light cross casement windows, beyond another door with an altered gabled wooden porch. Above 4 single light windows and a 2-light cross casement to left topped with a timber-framed gable to right and another 3-light dormer window with pediment to left. To rear a plain earlier wing, rendered, and with glazing bar sash windows. INTERIOR: Main entrance has glazed inner screen with double doors containing very fine etched glass, reception hall has original doors and staircase. Bars have been largely refitted in late C20.

Listing NGR: SE3715892418