Alexandra Hotel

A lavish piece of Victorian pub design (1895) by local architects Smith, Broderick & Lowther for the Hull Brewery Company, with a tiled frontage that is an eye-catching landmark on Hessle Road. The right-hand half, despite a rather stark lack of demarcation from the (much-altered) rest of the interior, has contrived to stay remarkably complete and boasts a particularly splendid mahogany back-fitting and curved bar-counter, original plasterwork, etched glass, and gas-lighting rails to the main windows. Good tiled entrance. The ceramic detail on the exterior including golden cherubs is the work of the Leeds firm Burmantofts.