The Royal Hotel

The Royal Hotel is a former hotel, now used by a London Borough for local residents, dating from around 1825. The building is constructed of painted brick with stucco features and has a slate roof. Its symmetrical front, facing south, has three storeys with a window arrangement of 2.2.3.2.2. Each window unit is highlighted by plain pilasters, and there is a projecting centrepiece that includes an early 20th-century westward extension with five attic windows above four lower windows. The brickwork is in Flemish bond, featuring rubbed flat arches and arched openings on the original ground floor. A stucco cornice runs along the top, with a blocking course or parapet raised above the centrepiece, resembling a low pediment, and a band at the second floor. The windows are mostly Victorian sashes set in reveals. A notable feature of the building is a cast-iron balcony on the first floor that spans the three middle window units, which is mirrored at the ground floor by a continuous modern glazed porch across the entire front. The central doorway is topped with a fanlight above double half-glazed doors.