Alexandra Hotel Kingston Upon Hull, England

Listed Building Data

Alexandra Hotel has been designated a Grade II listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.

List Entry ID
1197742
Listing Type
listed building
Grade
II
Date Listed
21 January 1994
Name
ALEXANDRA HOTEL
Location
ALEXANDRA HOTEL, HESSLE ROAD
District
City of Kingston upon Hull
Grid Reference
TA 08697 28038
Easting
508697.0000
Northing
428038.0000

Listed Building Description

Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.

KINGSTON UPON HULL

TA02NE HESSLE ROAD 680-1/8/158 (South East side) Alexandra Hotel

II

Public house. c1890, with late C20 alterations. Brick with faience tile ground floor, terracotta and ashlar dressings and hipped plain tile mansard roof with 2 gable, single ridge and single rear wall stacks. Plinth, ground floor and first floor cornices, panelled ornamented parapet. 2 storeys plus attics; 6x5 windows. Corner site with angled corner. Corner entrance bay has a canted stone bay window with 3 plain sashes. Above it, an ornate parapet fronted by a shaped gable with pediment and flanked by octagonal columns with shaped tops. Below, a C20 doorway flanked by pilasters, with an oval fanlight glazed as a 6-pointed star. Over the door, a swan-neck pediment framing a pedimented relief panel. Main front, to Hessle Road, has 6 plain sashes and above, 2 large through-eaves dormers with close-studded gables, each with a 2-light mullioned window. Below, faience tiled shop front divided by pilasters, the frieze inscribed "Alexandra Hotel". Central half-glazed door with circular overlight and swan-neck pediment, flanked by large elliptical-arched 3-light windows with round-headed lights and transoms. To left, a similar doorway with a star-glazed overlight. Blank left return has a terracotta relief panel with the name of the hotel. Right return, to Ropery Street, has the same shop front with two 2-light round-arched windows, then a tile panel with a small window above it. To right again, a half-glazed door with round overlight and swan-neck pediment. INTERIOR has the original cornice and strapwork ceiling, etched glass windows, moulded doorcases and original doors. Original mahogany back-bar fitting with clock.

Listing NGR: TA0869728038