The Rutland Arms Hotel

The Rutland Arms Hotel is a coaching inn built in 1804 for the Duke of Rutland, with an extension added in 1895. The building is constructed of coursed sandstone with ashlar dressings and features slate roofs.

The main hotel building faces east onto Rutland Square and consists of three storeys and five bays. It has a central entrance with a glazed door and fanlight, sheltered by a projecting porch supported on Doric columns. Above the porch is the Duke of Rutland's coat of arms. To the north, there is a slightly recessed bay. A plat band runs across the first floor, with quoins at each end and a moulded eaves cornice above. The windows are 8/12 sashes on the ground and first floors, and 8/8 sashes on the second floor, all featuring projecting sills and grooved lintels. The roof is adorned with tall ashlar chimney stacks.

On the northern elevation, there is a secondary entrance with a projecting canopy supported by deep brackets. Adjacent to this is the single-storey extension from 1895, which is designed in the same style and has a hipped roof.

Inside, the main entrance leads to a principal stair that rises the full height of the building. The stair features an open string design with a wreathed and ramped handrail, along with three stick balusters on each tread. Although much of the ground floor layout has been altered, some original internal doors and ceiling cornices remain. The front left room includes a cast-iron grate with side hobs, consoles, and relief scrollwork in a wooden surround, while the rear room has a similar grate set in a marble surround with colonnette details.

The assembly room features a plain ceiling cornice and doors with moulded timber surrounds topped by broken pediments.