Hotel

Hotel in Galway, Ireland, dating from 1850–1860

Almost freestanding thirteen-bay four-storey hotel, built c.1855, having basement, five-bay side elevations and limestone front and side elevations. Recently added flat-roof attic floor with slate-clad sides, five and six-storey extensions to rear, and recent flat-roof extensions to south-east elevation of basement. Front façade has three-bay entrance breakfront and two-bay advanced ends. Carved cornice with tooled supporting brackets, and cast-iron and replacement uPVC rainwater goods. Ashlar front and north-east elevations, rusticated to ground floor, and with tooled plinth, carved plat bands to eaves, ground and first floors, carved cornice to ground floor with frieze above, and carved sill sourses to first and higher floors. South-west elevation has snecked rubble walling, cut-stone sill courses and cut-stone string course between ground and first floor levels. Rendered to rear. Square-headed window openings throughout having tooled sills to recessed ground floor windows, with chamfered reveals to front and north-east elevations, moulded surrounds to upper floors. Block-and-start surrounds to south-west elevation windows. Six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to front façade, some having internal timber shutters, and having several two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows to rear. Six-over-six pane sliding sash and replacement uPVC windows to basement. Entrance

Type:
Hotel

Period:
1850–1860

Where:
Galway, Ireland

Coordinates:
53.27°N, 9.05°W

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