St Pierre Hotel

The interior is much changed and it is difficult to separate the periods of decoration. The hotel Reception has the rear wall of the Gatehouse (qv) and the front wall of the main house as its chief features. It is otherwise 1970s with vaguely Tudor type panelling etc. Within the main house the staircase is mid C19 Gothick, in pine with turned balusters; it is evident that the C18 staircase was in the same position, however, as the doorways do not match to the present stair. The Lounge has a ribbed mid C19 ceiling in the C17 manner. The Dining Room has mid C19 decor in the C18 manner with a marble bolection moulded fireplace. The Panel Room has moulded panelling with sunk panels supposedly introduced in c1770. The ribbed ceiling is mid/late C19, another marble fireplace with a bolection moulded surround. There are pointed arch alcoves which are probably mid/late C18 in the Gothic manner. Again the overlay of different styles is very difficult to separate and interpret. The upper floors were not inspected at resurvey.

Built of red and grey sandstone rubble with Bath stone dressings, particularly the mid C19 work, and Welsh slate roofs. The modern extensions on the south side (the Golf Club) are concrete framed with brick infill and with flat roofs. The historic house has a three gabled front facing the Gatehouse (qv). This, until 1978, looked into an open court, but this too has been infilled with a single storey building, now the hotel reception area, so that the ground floor of the main building is completely obscured when viewed from outside. The original front door with 4-centred arch head is visible internally, as are flanking mullioned-and-transom windows with four panes in the upper lights and six in the lower. There are several other mullioned windows visible above the roof line of the extension, but it is difficult to see or assess them properly. The west front has four modern windows visible above the golf club roof. On the garden elevation things are easier to see and the house shows a main three storey, three gable range facing east with another range behind it. The main range has a large mid C19 bay window of 6-lights of mullion-and-transom with additional lights on the returns. This is capped by a parapet with carved panels forming a balcony for the bedroom above. Above this are 3-light C17 mullioned windows with dripmoulds and more above them in the gables, which themselves have verges and ball finials. The ground floor to the right has a large single storey bar extension with much glazing and a slate hung mansard. Steeply pitched roofs and tall chimney stacks to the main house, most of which seem to be C19 or later rebuilds. The south elevation has a similar mid C19 bay on the rear range. This one is two storeys, for the Drawing Room below and the main bedroom above, these have 4-lights + sidelights, french casements below, panelled apron between and stone roof above. Small gable window above that. The main range gable to the right is obscured by a tree, but a 4-light window in the gable itself can be seen. More tall stacks to the rear. Further round to the right on the east front is the three bay two storey kitchen wing, 3-light windows below, 2-light above, gables with ball finials. A house which is extremely changed and confusing externally.