Former Royal Arms Public House

This is a former public house dating from around 1810. It was last used as a pub in the late 20th century and subsequently converted into supported accommodation and shops around 2010.

The building is constructed from a mix of materials. The front elevation features glazed brown facing brick in a stretcher bond at ground floor level, overpainted brick above, and exposed red brick to the side and rear elevations. The roof is covered with concrete tiles. The plan is rectangular, reflecting its original form as part of a burgage plot.

The front elevation is two storeys high and three bays wide. The ground floor is faced with dark brown glazed bricks, accented by decorative pilasters and light-brown rectangular panels. Ceramic swag decoration is present on the brackets at the top of the pilasters. There are two entrances with panelled double doors and multi-pane top lights. The three tripartite windows above have decorative etched glass and multi-pane top lights.

A cast-iron canopy projects over the entire frontage. It features thin columns with decorative capitals and filigree support, a panelled frieze of brown glass set within a green border, and inset white glass script reading 'BRICKWOODS AND CO’S BRILLIANT ALES SUPERIOR WINES AND SPIRITS'. Above the frieze are drop pendants, and the glazed lean-to roof has crested decoration. The side elevations display ‘ROYAL ARMS’.

The first floor is faced with painted brick, and is divided into three pairs of recessed sash windows with one pane per sash, set in timber frames with painted brick heads. A painted sign reads 'ROYAL ARMS' towards the right side, below a metal support for the original pub sign.

The west side elevation is primarily of unpainted brick with a modern door, a panelled door with multi-pane top lights, timber transom windows with multi-pane top lights to the ground floor, and six over six pane sash windows to the first floor. A rebuilt chimney stack topped with two 20th-century pots is also present. The roof is triple-hipped and covered with brown interlocking concrete tiles. A brick chimney stack with dentil detailing and two pots is located on the east side.

Internally, the ground floor rooms, which previously served as the public bar and lounge bar, have been modernised and combined into an open-plan space. A smaller area contains a fireplace with a timber surround and red tile insert. The rear of the ground floor and the entirety of the first floor have been subdivided into self-contained accommodation units with modern finishes.