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[[File:The Crown Hotel, Lime Street, Liverpool - geograph.org.uk - 977387.jpg|thumb|250px|Crown Hotel, Liverpool]]
[[File:Crown Hotel on Lime Street.jpg|thumb|250px|Frontage on Lime Street]]
The '''Crown Hotel''' is a [[public house]] on the corner of [[Lime Street, Liverpool|Lime Street]] and Skelhorne Street, [[Liverpool]], [[Merseyside]], England. It has been designated by [[English Heritage]] as a Grade&nbsp;II [[listed building]].<ref name=nhl>{{Citation |url= http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1208085|title= Crown Hotel, Liverpool|year=2011 |work=The National Heritage List for England |publisher=[[English Heritage]] |accessdate= 6&nbsp;August 2011}}</ref>
The '''Crown Hotel''' is a [[public house]] on [[Lime Street, Liverpool|Lime Street]], [[Liverpool]], England. It is recorded in the [[National Heritage List for England]] as a designated Grade&nbsp;II [[Listed building#England and Wales|listed building]].<ref name=nhl>{{NHLE |num= 1208085|desc= Crown Hotel, Liverpool|access-date= 12 July 2013|mode=cs2}}</ref>


Crown Hotel was built in 1905 in [[Art Nouveau]] style. It is constructed in brick with some [[stucco]], and has [[marble]] facing on the ground floor. The building is in three storeys with an attic. It has two fronts, one on Lime Street with two [[bay (architecture)|bays]], the other on Skelhorne Street, with three bays. Between the bays are [[pilaster]]s rising to the top of the building, each surmounted by a [[cornice]]. On the ground floor are doorways flanked by windows. The Lime Street front and the middle and right bays on the Skelhorne Street front contain [[bow window]]s on each of the top two floors. Between the floors is inscribed "CROWN" "HOTEL" in elaborate lettering. The top two floors of the left bay in Skelhorne Street are occupied by a complex panel containing, in three lines, "WALKERS ALES WARRINGTON". Each of the attics contains a [[lunette]] window over which is an elaborate [[architrave]]. The interior contains [[molding (decorative)|moulded]] [[coffer]]ed ceilings and much engraved glass.<ref name=nhl/>
The Crown Hotel was built in 1905 in [[Art Nouveau]] style. It is constructed in brick with some [[stucco]], and has [[marble]] facing on the ground floor. The building is in three storeys with an attic. It has two fronts, one on Lime Street with two [[bay (architecture)|bays]], the other on Skelhorne Street, with three bays. Between the bays are [[pilaster]]s rising to the top of the building, each surmounted by a [[cornice]]. On the ground floor are doorways flanked by windows. The Lime Street front and the middle and right bays on the Skelhorne Street front contain [[bow window]]s on each of the top two floors. Between the floors is inscribed "CROWN" "HOTEL" in elaborate lettering. The top two floors of the left bay in Skelhorne Street are occupied by a complex panel containing, in three lines, "WALKERS ALES WARRINGTON". Each of the attics contains a [[lunette]] window over which is an elaborate [[architrave]]. The interior contains [[molding (decorative)|moulded]] [[coffer]]ed ceilings and much engraved glass.<ref name=nhl/>
[[File:Crown Hotel on Skelhorne Street.jpg|thumb|250px|Side view, on Skelhorne Street]]

==See also==

*[[Grade II listed buildings in Liverpool-L1]]


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Grade II listed buildings in Liverpool]]
[[Category:Grade II listed buildings in Liverpool]]
[[Category:Public houses in Liverpool]]
[[Category:Pubs in Liverpool]]
[[Category:Art Nouveau buildings]]
[[Category:Art Nouveau architecture in Liverpool]]
[[Category:Grade II listed pubs in Merseyside]]
[[Category:Hotel buildings completed in 1905]]
[[Category:Art Nouveau hotels]]
[[Category:1905 establishments in England]]

Latest revision as of 08:31, 12 August 2023

Frontage on Lime Street

The Crown Hotel is a public house on Lime Street, Liverpool, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.[1]

The Crown Hotel was built in 1905 in Art Nouveau style. It is constructed in brick with some stucco, and has marble facing on the ground floor. The building is in three storeys with an attic. It has two fronts, one on Lime Street with two bays, the other on Skelhorne Street, with three bays. Between the bays are pilasters rising to the top of the building, each surmounted by a cornice. On the ground floor are doorways flanked by windows. The Lime Street front and the middle and right bays on the Skelhorne Street front contain bow windows on each of the top two floors. Between the floors is inscribed "CROWN" "HOTEL" in elaborate lettering. The top two floors of the left bay in Skelhorne Street are occupied by a complex panel containing, in three lines, "WALKERS ALES WARRINGTON". Each of the attics contains a lunette window over which is an elaborate architrave. The interior contains moulded coffered ceilings and much engraved glass.[1]

Side view, on Skelhorne Street

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Historic England, "Crown Hotel, Liverpool (1208085)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 12 July 2013