Royal Native Oyster Stores

The Royal Native Oyster Stores and club, now a restaurant, is mainly from about 1890, though some ground floor brickwork and two sash windows on the seaward side likely date back to an earlier building of 1793. Constructed of stock brick with a half-hipped slate roof, the building was erected in two phases, with the eastern part having a lower elevation. This eastern part is two storeys high with two windows; the windows are cambered sashes with twelve panes and horns, with the lower ground floor sashes lacking glazing bars. A central, round-headed doorcase features a semi-circular fanlight and corbels, sheltering a 19th-century panelled door. Above the doorcase are the Royal Coat of Arms of George III and the words "By Appointment to HM Queen Victoria" and “Royal Native Oyster Stores.” The east gable bears the legend “Royal Free Fishers and Dredgers incorporated 1793” along with a loading door.

The taller western section displays English bond brickwork on the ground floor of the seaward-facing side, with the remainder in Flemish bond. Red brick dressings are present throughout. Three cambered sashes with horns are found on the first floor, while the ground floor side elevation features four cambered sashes with horns and two cambered double doors. Iron ties are visible on the left-hand side of the building. A small oculus lights the attic, and a rendered, canted projection, supported by four cast iron columns, features on the first floor seaward side. The ground floor of the seaward side has two 18th-century sash windows with moulded architraves and shutters, alongside a cambered double door and a rectangular fanlight.

An adjoining, single-storey brick building with a gable and red brick dressings sits to the left. It has a cambered attic opening, a fixed window originally part of a blocked doorcase in the centre of the ground floor, and a tall cambered door to the right. Its side elevation displays two cambered sashes.

Inside, the first-floor hall has six bays with a queen post roof and a platform with a splayed bay. A staircase features turned wooden balusters, and pine panelling covers the walls. Exposed floor joists with criss-cross framing are visible in the bar.

The building originally contained a large hall for meetings of the Royal Free Fishers and Dredgers Company, and below, rooms for sorting, cleaning, and packing oysters, offices, and specialized storage tanks for oysters awaiting transport.