St Vincent'S Rocks Hotel And Attached Front Area Walls, Railings And Piers

St Vincent's Rocks Hotel, along with its front area walls, railings, and piers, is a house dating from around 1800. It was later converted into a hotel in the late 19th century by JH Hirst. The building is constructed from limestone ashlar with a roof that is not visible. It has a double-depth plan and is in a late Georgian style, with a 7-window front. The façade is close to symmetrical, featuring full-height canted bays, the one on the right projecting further than the left, both terminating in a cornice and parapet. The central doorway has a raised semicircular arch, a plate-glass fanlight, and a 20th-century half-glazed door. Horned plate-glass sash windows are present throughout, with blind boxes to the ground floor, and three basement windows, the outer two being blind. A mid-19th century, full-width, first-floor balcony is tented and supported by cast-iron brackets. The balcony has wrought-iron railings with lattice sections, panels with anthemia in arched tops, and cobweb spandrels. A long brick extension, dating from the late 19th century, is situated at the rear and raised on open arches. The interior has been significantly altered, although a rear open dogleg staircase remains, with cast-iron stick balusters, newels, and a ramped rail with inlaid stripwork and a star to the bottom wreath. Attached walls include capped outer piers; a central double stair curves into a flight leading to the doorway, and spear-headed wrought-iron railings are also present. The building is linked internally to the adjoining house, which now serves as a hotel annex. It is part of a continuous row of houses dating from around 1780 to 1800, characterized by variations in design, with tall bay windows and fine balconies being especially distinctive elements.