Victoria Family and Commercial Hotel
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Victoria Family and Commercial Hotel
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 11 Dec 2017
On Great George Street. Classic Victorian town centre small hotel, built 1865, principally to cater for people attending the Assize Courts in the Town Hall opposite. Listed Grade II. Still open as a pub/restaurant, although no longer providing accommodation. The building was saved from demolition in 1973 as a result of a public campaign. The building with the bay window beyond was built as a photographer's studio and court premises, Listed Grade II together with the corner building (currently Shenanigan's – http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5628909 ).
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Image Location
Latitude
53.800737
Longitude
-1.549793