Former Wellington Hotel





This brick building at 1 Drake Street was built in 1750 as a private residence but was converted into the Wellington Hotel in 1810.  Today, it is Grade II Listed and occupied by a restaurant and night club.  Historic England's description of the building is that it appears to be of , ".... various dates, the front appearing to have been re-faced, stone dressings and slate roof. Five bays, double-pile with three storeys and an additional wider bay to the right with a former bar entrance. Stone plinth, continuous ground and first-floor cornices and a modillion eaves cornice; steeply pitched roof. Pedimented Ionic doorcase as well as the entrance in bay six which has four Ionic pilasters and entablature. Window openings with moulded architraves, the ground floor having pulvinated friezes the first and second having sill blocks. Ground and first floors have Victorian sashes, otherwise glazing is C20. The original glazing pattern and some original brickwork is seen in the gable. Between 1825 and 1839 the Commissioners of Police held their meeting at the Hotel."

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