Royal York Hotel York Terrace

The Royal York Hotel, located at York Terrace on The Esplanade, was adapted from two terrace houses around 1810. The building is three storeys tall and has a stucco facade. It features a parapet with a coping moulded cornice and three windows on No 1, with the outer ones in shallow three-storey bows. The windows are later 19th-century casements. The first floor has French windows that open onto a balcony, which was altered in the late 19th century with heavy brackets and wooden balusters, but still retains the supports of a tent-shaped canopy that curves out in front of the bows.

There is a central porch to No 1 that was added at the same time as the balcony alterations. This porch is made of wood and has ogee arched openings on the side ends, with balustrades and an entablature above. The door has been altered, but the original semi-circular fanlight with looped radial glazing bars and the original reeded case with panelled reveals and soffit remain. Early area railings survive to the right of the porch, featuring scrolled end panels.

No 2 has a two-window front, with recessed sashes on the second floor that have glazing bars only on the upper sash. The first floor features circa 1900 acute-angled French window bays that lead onto a tent-roofed balcony extending from No 1. The ground floor retains two round-headed sash windows, and the door has been converted to a window within arched recesses. The area railings with splayed spear heads lead up a flight of three steps to the former entrance.

Nos 1 to 12 (consecutive) form a group.