Rylstone House Hotel

Rylstone House Hotel is a hotel that was originally built as a house around 1860 in the style of a cottage ornee. It is constructed from stone rubble with decorative timber features and has a roof primarily covered in fishscale tiles. The building consists of two parallel ranges and is two storeys high with three windows on the front.

The south-east elevation features an off-central projecting gable adorned with intricate fretted bargeboards and pendants. The first floor projects on stone corbels and a moulded wooden bressumer, showcasing applied diagonal framing and a four-light oriel window supported by brackets. On the ground floor, there is a four-light window with a hood moulding, flanked by smaller gables that also have elaborate fretted bargeboards and pendants. The ground floor includes two-light casements with stone hood moulding, as well as five-light canted bays on the sides and an off-central two-centred arched doorway beneath a gable with an ornate fretted surround.

To the right side, there is a late 19th-century wood and glazed conservatory. The roof and gables are decorated with crested ridge tiles, and there are four clusters of elaborately moulded terracotta chimneystacks. The south-west elevation features a small gable with applied timber-framing, while the north-east elevation has two gables, some pointed lancets, and a returned verandah. The north-west elevation includes end gables with detailed bargeboards and a small central hipped bay, along with a carved bressumer running the entire length.

The interior boasts a fine staircase with scrolled tread ends and two turned balusters for each tread, as well as four-panelled doors featuring elaborate carvings. The architectural style of Rylstone House Hotel is similar to that of Chine Lodge.