Listed Building: PEMBROKE HOTEL (101808)

1. 5186 POOLE HILL (South Side) Pembroke Hotel, Nos 13 to 17 (odd) and Nos 25 to 31 (odd) [Formerly listed as Pembroke Hotel and Nos 13 to 15 (odd)] SZ 0891 13/101 1.8.74. II GV 2. Well-preserved and sizeable Italianate hotel, circa 1850, 3 storeys, all of stucco, painted white with 'dressings' in black. Symmetrical convex curve, with main block 7 windows wide flanked on each side by wings 3 windows wide. Each bay of wings and central bay of main block articulated by giant rusticated pilaster strips. Central bay has tripartite entrance divided by pilasters, with 2 tripartite windows over, similarly divided, with triangular pediment on top. Other windows of main block plain sashes on all 3 floors, except shop windows to right of entrance with coupled consoles on fascia. Frieze to ground floor, cornices to 1st and 2nd floors. Straight parapet rising over pilaster strips to raised erections with balls on top and over central bay to semi-circular pedimental feature. Wings have bar windows and shop windows (Nos 13-15) below, blocking course on top shallower than central parapet. Nos 1 to 17 (odd) Pembroke Hotel, Nos 25 to 31 (odd) Nos 39 to 45 (odd) and Nos 2 to 34 (even) Poole Hill form a group with Nos 166 to 196 (even) Commercial Road. Listing NGR: SZ0804391116

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