Yelf's Hotel

Yelf's Hotel is a late 18th-century building, constructed in 1784, with alterations made in 1805 and the mid-19th century. Situated on a corner site where Union Street meets Yelf’s Road, it is a three-storey structure largely built of painted brick, with a stuccoed plinth. The roof is hidden behind a small stucco parapet featuring moulded coping and a band. The corner of the building is curved and stuccoed, featuring a single window. Union Street frontage has six windows; four of these are mid-19th century superimposed canted bays, extending through three storeys, each with three lights, sash windows lacking glazing bars, plain surrounds, a frieze, and a projecting cornice. The ground floor frieze is plain, the first floor is panelled, and the second floor features fluted triglyphs. The other two windows are recessed, with sash windows lacking glazing bars, block sills, and flat brick arches.

The main entrance is located in the second bay from the corner on the North side. The entrance is comprised of inner panelled and glazed double doors, with a lower panelled section and a glazed upper section within an architrave surround. Side lights feature moulded sills, swagged aprons, and panels below the doors. These are flanked by square section Tuscan columns supporting an entablature with a moulded cornice. An early 20th-century glazed hood, suspended with iron ties over the pavement, partially obscures the entrance. The bowed stuccoed corner has a recessed panel at the top. The South elevation to Yelf’s Road is also stuccoed and from the early 19th century. It consists of three bays with windows similar to those on the corner, followed by a taller block, still of three storeys, with a moulded cornice and parapet. There are six windows, with the outer ones in recessed bays; some are blind, while others are recessed sash windows with glazing bars and block sills. Two recessed panelled doors are present, one with a narrow rectangular fanlight. Raised stucco surrounds and plain friezes with block cornices are characteristic. The Western door is raised but lacks steps.

The inner facades to the rear, facing North and West, feature similar treatment and some windows have bracketed cast-iron balconies.