Review of Local List of Buildings of Architectural or Historic Importance
Building Name/No:
Fountain House Hotel
Address:
No 116-118, Church Road, UB3 2LW
Townfield
Use:
Hotel
Ward:
Elevation fronting Church Road
Serial No:
077
Elevation fronting St Mary’s Road
Statement of significance/ Reasons for designation
Architectural: Altered late 19th early 20th century former school. Brick façade fronting
Church road with projecting double gable. Arched headed ground floor windows, flat
arches over first floor windows with hood moulds and brick cills. Steep tiled roof.
Elevation fronting St Mary’s Road partly rendered. 1930s extension in stock brick with a
ground floor loggia.
Historic: The building was formerly a school where writer George Orwell lived and
taught. The Blue plaque (Inset) by Hayes Literary Society reads:
George Orwell (Eric Arthur Blair) 1903-1950 lived and worked here as Senior Master of
the former Hawthorns High School for boys. April 1932- July 1933.
Photograph date: September 2009
Location Map
© Crown copyright. London Borough of Hillingdon 100019283 2009
Authenticity (I c): 1; Architecture (II d): 2; Townscape (III f): 2; Historic (IV h,i): 2+1
Total = 8
Included in the Local List
London Borough of Hillingdon
May 2010