Description

SP 91 SE, 5/6

ALDBURY,
STATION ROAD (south side),
Tring Station

The Royal Hotel

11.02.82

II

Hotel. 1838 for John Brown, a brewer of Tring, under arrangement with The London and
Birmingham Railway Company. South wing rebuilt in brick in 1860's for Lord Lonsdale and
further modified in 1937. Stuccoed brick, painted brick to west end facing yard, and yellow
stock brick to south wing. Hipped slate roofs with plastered soffits to wide overhangs. A large
square 3-storeys above cellar building facing north, with a long lower 2-storeyed south wing.
Symmetrical north front lined as ashlar with plinth and regularly-spaced pilasters at comers and
flanking the central porch bay. Three windows wide with lower second-storey windows and end
chimneys. Recessed sash windows with moulded surrounds and unusual margin lights to each
sash with central division and vertical sub-divisions. Large square open porch with pilasters and
fluted wooded columns, low square bases, abaci and full entablature surmounted by a simple
decorative cast-iron balustrade. Steps and margin light glazing to the double doors, and
rectangular fanlight. Similar rectangular open porch with balustrade to entrance in south-east
angle with rear wing. East end facing station has plinth comer pilasters and a central sash
window to each floor. 10 recessed sash windows to south wing. Originally named The Harcourt
Arms, but the name was changed between 1845 and 1851 (R.C.H.M. manuscript).

Note: the
former stables ranges on the south and west sides of the courtyard to the west of the hotel are
not included in this or any other list.

Listing NGR: SP9502812209

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26346718

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Recommended Books

• 
  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  For the Record
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)