Listed Building: MIDLAND HOTEL, MIDLAND ROAD (1230227)

1842, by Francis Thompson. Brick with stone dressings. Principal facade 3 storeys; 7 bays, the outer ones advanced a little and with even quoins left and right. All window sashes in simple moulded stone frames. 1st floor windows with balconies, those of the centre bays blind. Stone band at ground floor level and moulded stone band at lst floor sill level. Big stone cornice beneath 2nd floor. Stone blocking course. In the outer bays, the ground floor windows are tripartite, the 1st floor windows coupled beneath a cornice and the 2nd floor windows triplets. On the return in Midland Road, a single-storeyed block of c.1930 links the two 5-storeyed 3-bay wings.