The George Hotel, 49 George Street, Stranraer is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 July 1972. Hotel. 4 related planning applications.
The George Hotel, 49 George Street, Stranraer
- WRENN ID
- scarred-barrel-khaki
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 20 July 1972
- Type
- Hotel
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
1876, incorporating an earlier Georgian building. 2-storey and attic, 9-bay asymmetrical-plan hotel with L plan courtyard at centre. Painted render. Base course; corniced architraved and corbelled windows at 1st floor; pedimented dormers at attic; iron hanging baskets between ground and 1st floor; dentilled cornice.
N (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: symmetrical. Steps to pedimented central doorpiece; decorative dentilled cornice; urns surmount octagonal shafts (left missing) and pediment; ?George Hotel? inscribed within; timber and glass door; single window at 1st floor; thistle motif aligned above; dormer surmounted by lead platformed pyramid tower. Regular fenestration to flanking bays. Postbox at ground to outer left. Rose motif above 1st floor window in penultimate bay to outer left; shamrock motif above 1st floor window in penultimate bay to outer right. Decorative timber surrounds to ground floor windows.
W (CHURCH STREET) ELEVATION: 8-bay. Dentilled dividing band course with terminating skewputts to 3 bays to left. Corbelled pedimented windows at 1st floor; dentilled cornice; anthemion and palmette frieze; plain surrounds to window to outer left and central upper window in 3 bays to left; scrolled decorative consoles to windows at ground flanking door to right. Single window to gabled bay to outer left. Arched windows set in keystoned arched rollmouled surrounds in 3 bays to left; central bay blind. Boarded timber carriage entrance; studded surround. Timber entrance door to right; 2 small glass panels to left; single windows flanking. Regular fenestration at upper storeys.
Predominantly 2-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate roof; skews; square skewputts; dentilled corniced stacks; circular cans. Cast-iron rainwater goods.
INTERIOR: plaster ceilings; decorative friezes; egg and dart ovolo mouldings. Elaborate staircase; turned wall strings; domed newel posts. Corbel supports to central courtyard reveal earlier building structure.
POSTBOX: wall-mounted postbox, began production in 1858.
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