The Royalist Hotel

The Royalist Hotel, formerly known as Porch House, is a notable Jacobean town house that likely dates back to the 16th century, with significant remodelling in the early 17th century, as indicated by a date stone. The building is two storeys with attics, constructed of rubble with flush quoins, and features four bays beneath a red tile roof with flat eaves. A two and a half storey porch wing projects to the right of the centre, and there are three chimneys on the ridge, with the left-hand one made of ashlar. The building has raised verges and carved kneelers, along with two modern gabled dormers on the left side.

The first floor has modern four-light casements, except for the porch wing, which retains two large windows that may date back to the 16th century, featuring stilted drips and an ogee section king mullion. The right-hand bay has modern casements. There are two inserted doorways, possibly from the 18th century, each with bracketed elliptical hoods; the left-hand doorway is blocked, while the right-hand one has a modern glazed door. The porch, which may have been rebuilt in the 19th century, is constructed of coursed and dressed stone of ashlar quality, and features a small blocked opening with a plain cornice in the attic. A four-light ovolo mullion window is present on the first floor, along with modern glazed doors with a cornice. The datestone above reads '1615 TS'.

On the side, the windows are three-light mullion types on the first floor, with small lobby lights on the ground floor. The rear of the building includes a three-bay extension with modern exposed studs in a timber-framed style, and a lower one-bay extension to the east that has a three-light ovolo mullion window with a drip on the first floor. Inside, there is a Tudor arch fireplace with a cornice in the east room on the ground floor, which was likely the former parlour. The through passage features a Tudor arch doorway to the rear, and a small amount of heavy plank and muntin panelling survives. The site is said to be located on the grounds of a medieval hospital (Hospice).