Description

KINGSTON UPON HULL

TA0928NE QUEEN VICTORIA SQUARE
680-1/22/320 (South West side)
12/11/73 Punch Hotel
(Formerly Listed as:
QUEEN VICTORIA SQUARE
(South side)
The Punch Bowl)

GV II

Public house. 1898. By Smith, Brodrick & Lowther. For the Hull
Brewery Co. Brick with granite plinth and terracotta dressings
and plain tile roof with crest. 3 large side wall stacks with
quoins, double cornices and panelled tops. Tudor Gothic
Revival style.
Ground floor cornice, traceried corbel table. 3 storeys.
Curved asymmetrical front of 5 bays. Recessed off-centre
entrance bay has 2 ogee headed cross casements fronted by a
coped parapet with the inscription "Punch Hotel" in raised
lettering. Above, a 2-light mullioned window in a projecting
surround with a traceried ogee gable and finials. Below, 2
segment-arched entrances with traceried lintels. In the
centre, a semicircular bay window with 2 cross casements,
flanked by deeply recessed glazed double doors. On either
side, a canted 2-storey bay window with a 4-light cross
mullioned window on each floor, topped by an ogee traceried
balustrade. Between floors, a terracotta relief panel on the
line of the central balustrade. Above, on either side, an
elaborate shaped gable with linked pinnacles and a pair of
recessed elliptical-arched 2-light mullioned windows under a
common ogee head. To right, a square bay window and gable with
similar fenestration. All the gables have Punch head
medallions. To right again, a recessed blank bay with an
elliptical-arched pierced balustrade. Porch with similar
balustrade and segment-headed doorway with recessed glazed
double door.
Left return has a 2-storey lean-to projection enclosed by a
coped yard wall with a pair of gatepiers with ball finials. On
the first floor, the Hull Brewery Co trademark in relief. To
its right, a canted stair turret with 2 basket-arched
transomed windows on the first floor. To right again, a larger
cross mullioned window on each floor, and above them a
terracotta panel with the hotel's name. INTERIOR, refitted mid
C20, retains some original features.
(Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Yorkshire; York and The East
Riding: London: 1972-: 278).

Listing NGR: TA0959428725

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26579788

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Recommended Books

• 
  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
• 
  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
• 
  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)