Survey Data
Reg No
30806008
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Hotel
In Use As
Hotel
Date
1840 - 1880
Coordinates
180263, 331408
Date Recorded
10/07/2003
Date Updated
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Description
Detached seven-bay two-storey double-pile hotel, built c.1860, with projecting entrance bay with pyramidal roof and gabled dormer lights. Pitched slate roof, currently being rebuilt. Rendered chimneystacks. Ransom coursed limestone with red brick dressings and rendered walls to side and rear and with cut stone relieving arches to ground floor windows. Timber casement windows with stone sills and brick surrounds. Upper windows have gables with carved bargeboards. Replacement glazed timber door with brick surround and fanlight. Carved stone head over doorway at south end of façade.
Appraisal
This hotel is a prominent structure in the town of Dromahair. Its ornate design incorporates details such as the pyradimal roof to the entrance bay, gables and the use of contrasting limestone and brick dressings. It is an architecturally pleasing structure, which makes a positive contribution to the built heritage of the area.