Extension to Victoria Hotel Southport. Erection of Central and South Wing

The extensive alterations and additions to this hotel, carried out under the superintendence of Mr William Mangnall of Manchester, architect, by Mr Charles Robertson, builder, are now completed. The front is plain. The principal entrance is from the Promenade through a vestibule with Spanish mahogany doors in which are embossed plate glass windows. The hall is spacious and paved with Minton’s coloured tiles. The side walls of the vestibule entrance are painted in panels, with lines and corner pieces, the panels being filled in with diaper work. The ceilings of the vestibule and entrance are painted in bright colours, relieved by ornament and lines. The walls are of a greenish drab, enlivened by imitation marble dados, in different varieties, the columns and pilasters all pained in imitation Sienna marble with white capitals. The woodwork is all grained in imitation of oak. There is a large staircase in front, which is lighted by several stained glass windows. The drawing room on the first floor is 54 feet long by about 30 feet wide. Altogether forty new bedrooms, nine sitting rooms, dining room, drawing room, ladies’ coffee and ante-room and writing room have been added to the hotel. Mr Rothwell of Manchester was the decorator. [Builder Saturday 7 April 1866 Page 253]