The Harcourt Hotel — Harcourt Street

Terraced two-bay four-storey over concealed basement former townhouse, built 1862, altered to three-bays on ground floor of principal (west) elevation, and having recent flat-roofed extension to rear (east). Now in use as hotel. Flat roof, concealed behind cogged red brick parapet having projecting brick eaves course on brick brackets with granite coping. Red brick chimneystacks to south party wall, concealed rainwater goods. Red brick walls laid in Flemish bond (machine-made on all but ground floor) over granite plinth course. Segmental-headed window openings with brick voussoirs, projecting granite sills and brick reveals, chamfered to third floor, narrow opening to ground floor centre. One-over-one sliding timber sashes with ogee horns, two-over-two on upper floors. Round-headed door openings to outer bays having brick voussoired heads; Romanesque-Revival door to north-bay with engaged chevron ornamented colonnettes and foliate capitals, nail-headed archivolt and keystone, stepped reveals with toothed and rope mouldings having foliate keystone. Ornate carved-timber pilasters supporting carved-timber fascia with ivy-leaf ornament and rope moulded cornice, leaded cobwebbed fanlight and timber panelled door with beaded moulding to centre. South-bay door opening having brick reveals, timber cornice and plain glass fanlight over decorative cast-iron grille to door face with central nail-headed moulding. Granite entrance platform and step to north-bay, flanked by decorative cast-iron railings on carved granite plinth, enclosing paved area to south. Cast-iron coal hole cover to footpath to front. Street-fronted, located on east side of Harcourt Street.