The Adelphi Hotel The Railway King

The Adelphi Hotel, also known as The Railway King, is a mid-19th century hotel incorporating an earlier building at No.28 Micklegate, with origins possibly dating back to the 17th century. The section at Nos 1 and 3 George Hudson Street was listed on 21 March 1996.

The frontages at Nos 1 and 3 George Hudson Street are stuccoed over a painted stone plinth, with shallow quoin strips, a moulded modillioned eaves cornice, a slate hipped roof with ball finials, and brick dentil cornice stacks. No.28 Micklegate is of painted brick, stretcher bond on the ground floor and Flemish bond above.

The George Hudson Street elevation has three storeys and seven windows. The main entrance is recessed with panelled double doors, sheltered by a 20th-century canopy. A recessed glazed door with steps up is located at the right end. Most windows are four-pane sashes. A prominent window above the main entrance is composed of three stepped round-headed lights, set within a shallow panel with oversized paterae in the spandrels. Other windows are recessed within architraves; those flanking the three-light window have a pediment and tympanum decorated with paterae, while four windows to the right are grouped beneath a floating cornice hood. The second-floor windows are recessed within architraves. Moulded sill bands run on each floor.

The Micklegate front includes a canted corner bay and repeats the detailing of the main front. The first-floor window of the corner bay has a segmental pedimented hood. No.28 Micklegate has a three-storey, two-window front with sash windows, 12 panes on the ground and first floors, and 9 panes on the second. A raised first-floor band continues from the sill band on the adjacent front.

The interiors of Nos 1 and 3 George Hudson Street contain no significant fittings. The interior of No.28 Micklegate was not accessible for inspection at the time of listing, but records suggest the presence of early 17th-century remains at the rear, including moulded beams and joists, and a staircase with turned balusters and square newels decorated with carved roses and thistles.