![]() ![]() 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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