The Royal County Hotel

The Royal County Hotel consists of three houses that are now part of the hotel, located at Nos. 56, 57, 58, and 59 on Old Elvet. Nos. 56 to 58 were built in the early 19th century, while No. 59 dates from the late 18th century, and all have undergone alterations. The buildings feature incised stucco with a plinth, Welsh slate roofs, and brick chimneys. They stand three storeys tall and have a total of nine windows. The ground floors of Nos. 56 to 58 have been removed or altered for hotel purposes, including the creation of a car park entrance. The upper floors display scattered fenestration, including some later 19th-century sash windows and an oriel, as well as two wide early 20th-century first-floor oriels. There are rebuilt stacks at the junction of Nos. 56 and 57, and a shared stack between Nos. 58 and 59. No. 59 has seen fewer alterations and features a central 19th-century six-panel door set in an architrave with a pulvinated frieze and a pedimented hood on brackets. On either side of the door are two early 19th-century sashes in architraves. The first floor has two mid-19th-century hip-roofed oriels, and the second floor has two tripartite windows, all of which are sash windows with intermediate glazing bars removed. The buildings also have stone alternating quoins and a moulded and modillioned stone eaves cornice. Nos. 56 to 58 are included for their group value and are integral to the hotel.