Royal And Fortescue Hotel

The Royal and Fortescue Hotel is a house that has been converted into a hotel. It dates from the early 18th century and has undergone later alterations. The building features a plastered mass wall and a hipped slate roof, with stacks made of yellow and red brick, some topped with old yellow and red terracotta pots. It has cast-iron rainwater goods. The main block is double-depth and two rooms wide, raised from three storeys to four, and includes a two-phase 19th-century rear wing.

The hotel stands four storeys tall with a symmetrical three-bay front, where the outer bays have shallow projecting three-storey bows. There are moulded projecting cornices at the eaves and at the fourth-floor ground level. The ground floor, dating from the late 19th century, features chamfered rusticated pilasters on the left and right sides, flanking a doorway that has a moulded projecting cornice with guttae and cast-iron anthemion cresting. Above the doorway is a low parapet carved with the Prince of Wales feathers.

The windows include tripartite 12-pane sashes, likely from the early 19th century, with similar sashes on the first floor that have eared architraves. The second-floor windows are paired 6-pane horned sashes with eared architraves, while the third floor has 12-pane hornless sashes also with eared architraves. A fine late 19th-century lamp holder with coloured glass, iron cresting, and the Prince of Wales' feathers is attached to the ground floor. The left side of the building is mostly glazed with double-hung small-pane 19th-century sashes. The service wing features five tall round-headed recesses on the ground floor. The interior has not been inspected but may retain features of interest.