The Union Hotel Penzance, England
Listed Building Data
The Union 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shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.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
- 1143962
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- II*
- Date Listed
- 29 July 1950
- Name
- THE UNION HOTEL
- Location
- THE UNION HOTEL, CHAPEL STREET
- Parish
- Penzance
- District
- Cornwall
- Grid Reference
- SW 47334 30204
- Easting
- 147334.0000
- Northing
- 30204.0000
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
- 1498 PENZANCE CHAPEL STREET (North East Side) The Union Hotel SW 4730 5/33 29.7.50.
II* GV
- Early C19. Stucco. Ground floor plain, above flat Ionic pilasters, fluted. Eaves parapet, cornice, scrolled and decorated blocking course slightly pedimented. 3 storeys. 6 windows, 2 blocked, sill aprons to 2nd floor, sashes with glazing bars, ground floor in slight recesses. To right wide recessed doorway which was originally carriageway. Interior - Fine Assembly Room of 1791 the scene of first public announcement of victory at Trafalgar, large room of about 23 ft +. ; high, vaulted ceiling and dentilled cornice. Balustraded gallery with elliptical arch, fireplace with Tuscan columns, large semi-circular headed windows. Regency staircase. Art Nouveau bar at rear.
All listed buildings on the North East Side of Chapel Street form a group.
Listing NGR: SW4733430204
