Description

ALDEBURGH

TM4656 VICTORIA ROAD
837-1/4/57 (South side)
Uplands Hotel

GV II

House. Early C19, with extension c1900; mid C20 conversion to
hotel and conservatory added in late C20. Whitewashed brick;
roofs of black-glazed pantiles and machine tiles, hipped to
original house.
EXTERIOR: original front 2 storeys, 3 windows, with projecting
centre bay and angle pilasters: 2-storey 3-bay extension to
left. Ground floor of original house masked by full-length
conservatory in front of French windows. First floor has one
6/6 unhorned sash to left of elevation and 2 casements to
right, with glazing bars. Extension has half-glazed door to
right and two 3-light cross casements to left. First floor lit
by one 2-light casement to right and two oriel windows to
left. 2-storey fronts to street, fitted with sashes and
casements.
INTERIOR: close string staircase with turned balusters and
moulded handrail. Stained glass in staircase window shows arms
of St Bartholomew's Hospital, London.
HISTORY: from 1841-52, the house was lived in by Elizabeth
Garrett Anderson (1836-1917), the first woman to qualify as a
physician and surgeon in Britain and Britain's first woman
mayor, of Aldeburgh, in 1908. The poet George Crabbe
(1754-1832) also lived here.

Listing NGR: TM4627256832

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26559795

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