Wyndham Hotel

Cadw's description

Location

On an island site with side and rear elevations to Cross Street and Elder Street.

History

Said to be a coaching inn dating back to the C17 and once to have housed the Court House and Prison

Exterior

Earlier C19 (shown on 1830/2 map); Georgian 3-storey stucco main elevations with plinths, to NW and SW; slate roofs, rendered chimney stacks, bracket boxed eaves. 3-window NW front facing up Dunraven Place; 3-window SW side opposite No 26 and 2-window NW facing elevation forming a set back angle for the main entrance; 1-window rounded corner leading to further 3-window front opposite No 22, pilaster strip to right end; lower 3-window front to right. Mainly 12-pane sash windows; some modern small-pane windows. Classical entrance on main front with console bracketed cornice and modern doors; similar shop front to left. Some blocked windows to northern elevation of right side; Edwardian quarter round Tuscan porch with balustraded parapet; classical doorcase opposite No 22. Stucco, scribed to ground floor, Cross Street SW gable end linked by 1-storey and attic service wing with flat roof dormers and broad classical entrance to 2-storey whitewashed coursed rubble gable end on corner with Elder Street: blocked segmented arched openings, one with modern window.

Corbelled chimney breast, to 2-storey Elder Street SE end, flanked by tall small-pane sash windows with raised segmental heads. Set back and slightly lower stuccoed 2-window front with similar glazing lighting main function room (Empress Suite). Lean-to side entrance, front stepped forward and up to adjoin the 3-storey gable end of the main front.

Interior

Interior retains Art Nouveau detail tot he bar and late Georgian / Regency Empress Suite to 1st floor; reeded architraves, high ribbed ceiling with gilded roundels and raised blocked lantern to SE bay. Also said to retain early C17 arches to one bedroom.

Reason for designation

Group value.