Listed Building: NORFOLK HOTEL (101822)

1. 5186 RICHMOND HILL (North-west Side) No 48 (Norfolk Hotel) SZ 0891 13/126 12.7.74 II 2. 1897, stucco, 4 storeys and basement, varied roofline. Centre and wings slightly projecting, with tripartite windows to each floor. Central gable has triangular pediment (with painted coat-of-arms) supported by consoles, flanked on each side by 2 pedimented dormers connected by balustrade, and by higher segmentally pedimented wings. Extensions in similar style, but plain roofline, along St Stephen's Road. Rear of main block in buff brick with stucco dressings, 4-storey canted bay at north-west corner. Included principally for excellent Art Nouvear iron verandah raised on basement across whole facade between wings (1 bay projecting as porch): Corinthian coloumnettes, openwork spandrels, repetitive sinuous leaf motif of intersecting rails on balustrading to terrace and balcony. Same motif on iron balconies of ground and 1st floor in west wing 1st floor in east wing. Listing NGR: SZ0862991339

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Nov 1 2006 4:40PM