Listed Building: ROYAL VICTORIA HOTEL (382050)

PORTLAND SY6873 VICTORIA SQUARE, Chesil 969-1/3/24 (East side) Royal Victoria Hotel. GV II Hotel and inn. c 1870. Rendered, slate roof. A complex building: the main block, facing the Square, is L-shaped, with a long return to the S, and a further domestic block across the E side, enclosing a small courtyard. Two storeys, 1+5-windowed. All plate-glass sashes; at first floor in plat band surrounds to flat segmental heads and set to continuous cill band. At ground floor with arched heads, under moulded lintol band and to plain cill band. The first bay is brought forward boldy from the other 5. Central to recessed front a square porch with arched openings to three faces, C19 door to front. All with small plinth, moulded cornice, blocking and parapet coping, which continues to right return, having 3 equally-spaced windows above 3 at ground floor and a later projecting square porch. At right end of this return a lower gabled unit in one bay, which joins a hipped-roof 3-bay house with margin-pane sashes and central canted oriel to flat roof. North side has C19 door with overlight, and two 4-pane sashes. Holds an important position on the corner of the Square, complementing the 'Little Ship' (qv) opposite. Listing NGR: SY6827273812

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Sep 6 2016 12:28PM