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George Hotel
Date 13 October 2014
Event ID 991863
Category Management
Type Site Management
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/991863
2-storey and attic, 9-bay asymmetrical-plan hotel with L plan courtyard at centre. Painted render. Base course; corniced architraved and corbelled windows at 1st floor; pedimented dormers at attic; iron hanging baskets between ground and 1st floor; dentilled cornice.
Building is dated 1876, but incorporates a late Georgian building. It was said in The Visitor's Guide to Wigtownshire by W McIlwraith (1875) that the hotel had 'capital accommodation for both man and beast.' It reflects an important aspect of late 18th century Stranraer life, as a staging post for the short crossing from Stranraer to Ireland.(Historic Scotland)
