Angel And Royal Hotel

The Angel and Royal Hotel is one of the few remaining medieval inns in England, dating from the late 14th century. It is a two-storey stone building with a stone slate roof and features a well-preserved medieval facade facing the street. This facade includes original windows, buttresses, and a panelled parapet. There is a carriageway on the right side, adorned with a well-carved demi-angel corbel that supports an oriel window. The windows have been fitted with modern sash frames.

At the back, on the north side of the yard, there is a long range of late 18th-century construction. This four-storey brick building has square-headed windows with shaped stone arches and keystones, along with glazing bars and a parapet. It also features two rainwater heads dated 1776. The range on the south side of the yard has been rebuilt at the west end, but the east end remains a late 18th-century brick structure that is three storeys high, with a parapet and five windows that have flat stone arches with keys and shaped tops, as well as flush frames and glazing bars.

There is a low stable range to the east of the south wing, also dating from the late 18th century, constructed of brick with a pantile roof, featuring four arched windows with semi-circular heads. Notably, the headstops of the carriage arch, though much weathered, are said to represent Edward III and Queen Philippa.

Inside, the hotel has a vaulted soffit to the bay window on the ground floor, which includes a carved boss depicting a pelican. There is an 18th-century staircase. Historically, King John is said to have stayed here, and Richard III signed the death warrant of the Duke of Buckingham within its walls. The Angel was illustrated in Augustus Pugin's work "Contrasts," and photographs of the building are held in the National Monuments Record.