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Golden Cross Hotel

A Grade II Listed Building in Preston, Lancashire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.7603 / 53°45'37"N

Longitude: -2.6981 / 2°41'53"W

OS Eastings: 354072

OS Northings: 429554

OS Grid: SD540295

Mapcode National: GBR TB4.7F

Mapcode Global: WH85M.JRD4

Plus Code: 9C5VQ862+4Q

Entry Name: Golden Cross Hotel

Listing Date: 22 January 1990

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1218185

English Heritage Legacy ID: 392058

Also known as: Golden Cross Hotel, Preston

ID on this website: 101218185

Location: Preston, Lancashire, PR1

County: Lancashire

District: Preston

Electoral Ward/Division: Town Centre

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Preston

Traditional County: Lancashire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Lancashire

Church of England Parish: Preston St John and St George the Martyr

Church of England Diocese: Blackburn

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Description



PRESTON

SD5429NW LANCASTER ROAD
941-1/10/173 (East side)
22/01/90 No.60
Golden Cross Hotel

GV II

Public house. c.1860; altered. Brown brick, part stuccoed,
with sandstone dressings and slate roof. Double-depth plan
with rear wing. Classical style. Three storeys with cellars
and attic, 3 bays, symmetrical; pilasters and banded
rustication at ground floor (which also has a cornice),
rusticated quoins to the upper floors, frieze with triglyphs
and guttae, prominent cornice with mutules, blocking course.
The ground floor has a central doorway, narrow
vertical-rectangular windows next to this and wider windows
beyond these, all these windows with panelled aprons and all
framed by broad pilasters terminating in large foliated
consoles which carry a cornice. The 1st floor has 2-light
casement windows, those in the outer bays with pedimented
architraves and that in the centre with a simple moulded
surround and straight cornice; the 2nd floor has sashed
windows without glazing bars, all with shouldered surrounds
but those in the outer bays with small decorated crests, and a
plain band above with raised lettering GOLDEN CROSS HOTEL.
Gable chimneys. The left return wall has 2 doorways with
raised plain surrounds and small cornices (the further one
blocked), 2 sashes between these with arched glazing and
stained glass spandrels, two 12-pane sashes on each floor
above (that on the left at 1st floor with altered glazing in
the lower leaf), and 2 narrow 4-pane sashes at attic level.
Short wing continuing to rear has altered windows and
mono-pitch roof. Rear: sashed windows with 12 and 4 panes at
ground floor, 12 and 12 at 1st floor, 4 and 4 at 2nd floor.
INTERIOR altered at ground floor; otherwise not inspected.
Item is north end of block otherwise comprised of Nos.50 to 58
(q.v.), having strong group value with Town Hall (q.v.) and
Amounderness House (q.v.) opposite, and visual similarity to
Nos.12 to 24 to the south (q.v.).


Listing NGR: SD5407229558

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