List Entry Summary
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Name: THE GEORGE HOTEL
List Entry Number: 1161746
Location
THE GEORGE HOTEL, 55, HIGH STREET
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County: Cambridgeshire
District: Huntingdonshire
District Type: District Authority
Parish: Huntingdon
National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.
Grade: II*
Date first listed: 10-Jan-1951
Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.
Legacy System Information
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Legacy System: LBS
UID: 53578
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List Entry Description
Summary of Building
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Reasons for Designation
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History
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Details
Huntingdon HIGH STREET
1.
5140 (South-West Side)
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No 55 (The George Hotel)
TL 2371 2/16 10.1.51.
II* GV
2.
1865. By R. Hutchinson. Gault brick, rendered and grooved on ground floor, red
brick dressings above. 3 storeys, 11 bays, 4:3:4, the centre 3 set slightly forward
with carriage arch to ground and pediment to eaves. Elliptical headed windows to
the ground floor, arched to the 1st floor, plain above except Venetian in centre.
Modillion eaves. Slate roof with brick end stacks. Similar wing to George Street.
The courtyard contains a timber framed north wing of 2 storeys. Plastered, old
tile roof, C18 features, canted bay window, sashes with glazing bars. The west
wing is late C17. Red brick, painted on the courtyard front. 2 storeys and attics,
6 windows, sashes with glazing bars, one double. Archway through in 3rd bay. Raised
band at 1st floor level. Old tile roof with 6 gabled dormers, brick stacks. The
courtyard retains its very rare late C17 wooden gallery with shaped balusters.
The star grading is for the rear wing. (RCHM 22).
Listing NGR: TL2374971871
Selected Sources
Books and journalsInventory of Huntingdonshire, (1926)
Map
National Grid Reference: TL 23749 71871
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