Beaufort Hotel, Clarence Buildings

The Beaufort Hotel, located at 24 Clarence Buildings, is a house in a row that has been converted into a hotel. It dates from the mid-19th century and may have been rebuilt from an earlier property. The exterior is rendered and features a slate mansard roof. The building has three storeys and an attic, with two windows, all of which are plain sashes. The dormers have arched heads and wide rendered surrounds supported by scrolls. To the left, there is a three-storey canted bay with dentil cornices on each floor, and the mullions are designed in pilaster form with bases and capitals. To the right, the sashes are framed in moulded architraves that flare at the feet and extend across as the sill. The panelled door is set on two stone steps with nosings and is flanked by narrow side-lights and a shallow transom light in a segmental head, all within a pilaster case and topped with a moulded cornice on consoles. The main moulded cornice is positioned between bold consoles and features a blocking course with a parapet. A ridge stack is located to the left. The interior has not been inspected.