Images from Historic Building Recording of the George Hotel, Duke Street, Southport, Merseyside, February 2022.
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Introduction
This collection comprises images from Historic Building Recording of the former George Hotel on Duke Street in Southport, Merseyside. This work was undertaken by Allen Archaeology Limited in February 2022.
DarntonB3 Architecture commissioned Allen Archaeology Limited to undertake a Level 2 historic building survey, prior to submission of a planning application.
The survey recognised four broad phases of construction at the former George Hotel. The main building is two-storey, built in a Victorian Italianate style, popular in the 1850s and 60s. The plot of land on which the hotel is situated upon was bought in 1864, around the same time as the land for the Duke Street Cemetery was bought from the Trustees of Mr Scarisbrick. The area surrounding what was then Snuttering Lane, was undeveloped agricultural land. The hotel was likely constructed in 1866, the year after the cemetery was consecrated and is therefore part of the very early development of this area of Southport. The extension of Duke Street was still under construction in 1865. Mr Matthew Lee, a former owner of a hotel in Cheadle, had acquired a liquor license for the George Hotel in 1866. He had constructed the hotel with two large bowling greens, ornamental gardens, stabling, coach house and other outbuildings.
During the second phase of development, between 1894 and 1908, the stables and coach house were removed and replaced by two extant, two-storey extensions to the northeast, and the cellar was also extended at the same time. During the third phase between 1926 and 1945, a further extension was added to the southeast elevation, along with outbuildings. During the fourth phase from 1945 onwards, interior changes were made in moving living quarters to the upper floor, redesigning the ground floor for a public bar and adding a staircase to the northeast wing.
The survey has preserved the structures by record prior to any demolition or alterations.
