George Hotel | |
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General information | |
Location | 73 George Street, Dunoon, Argyll and Bute, Scotland |
Coordinates | 55°57′07″N4°55′27″W / 55.952074°N 4.924126°W |
Opening | c. 1800 |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 2 |
Other information | |
Number of bars | 1 |
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Built in the Georgian style, the building is two storeys in the main block, three bays wide. It has an in-line extension on the right side of the building, which is two bays wide. It has astragal chimneys on all three stacks. [1]
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