Royal Clarence Hotel

The Royal Clarence Hotel is a large building dating back to approximately 1768, originally built to provide Assembly Rooms for the city. The main front of the building is four stories tall with six windows, rendered in stucco. It has been significantly altered, including the addition of bays and the removal of glazing bars, in 1827. A large porte-cochere partially obscures a Tuscan porch, and the facade is finished with a dentil cornice.

Adjoining the hotel and now incorporated within it is an 18th-century building, formerly the Exeter Bank, which is three stories tall with three windows. This section features a semi-circular three-light attic window. The original central porch remains visible, but the front has been altered with late 19th-century iron balconies.

A section of the hotel facing Martin’s Lane dates to the 18th century and is timber-framed, rendered, and painted, with four stories and sash windows, which are largely modern. The building has a slate roof. The Royal Clarence Hotel is included for group value with the other listed buildings of Cathedral Yard and numbers 1 and 2 Deanery Place.