Royal And Fortescue Hotel

BARNSTAPLE

SS5533SE BOUTPORT STREET 684-1/7/44 (East side) 19/01/51 No.61 Royal and Fortescue Hotel

GV II

House, converted to hotel. Early C18 with later alterations. Plastered mass wall, hipped slate roof; stacks with yellow and red brick shafts, some with old yellow and red terracotta pots; cast-iron rainwater goods. Main block double-depth, 2 rooms wide, raised from 3 storeys to 4; 2-phase C19 rear wing. 4 storeys. Symmetrical 3-bay front, the outer bays with shallow projecting 3-storey bows. Moulded projecting cornices at eaves and at 4th-floor ground level. Late C19 ground floor with chamfered rusticated pilasters to left and right and flanking doorway with moulded projecting cornice with guttae and cast-iron anthemion cresting. Low parapet above doorway carved with Prince of Wales feathers. Tripartite 12-pane sashes, probably early C19, similar sashes to first floor with eared architraves. Second-floor windows paired 6-pane horned sashes with eared architraves 12-pane hornless sashes to third floor with eared architraves. A fine late C19 lamp holder with coloured glass, iron cresting and Prince of Wales' feathers is attached to the ground floor. The left return of the building is mostly glazed with double-hung small-pane C19 sashes. The service wing has 5 tall round-headed recesses on the ground floor. INTERIOR: not inspected but may retain features of interest.

Listing NGR: SS5591033069