Royal Hotel is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 November 1965. Hotel. 2 related planning applications.
Royal Hotel
- WRENN ID
- sheer-flue-sage
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Scarborough and Whitby MP: Alison Hume (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 November 1965
- Type
- Hotel
- Address
- Royal Hotel, East Parade, Whitby, YO21 3HA
- OS grid reference
- NZ 897 113
- Coordinates
- 54.48971, -0.61665
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Royal Hotel, built in the mid-19th century by George Hudson, known as the "Railway King," is located on East Parade. The building features two sections on its East Parade elevation, which is rendered and topped with a Welsh slate roof. The left section has a mansard roof with dormers and includes 12 double-hung sash windows with glazing bars. The right section rises to four storeys and has a hipped slate roof, with an attic storey above a heavy cornice. This section has 11 windows arranged in a pattern of 2:3:1:3:2, with the centre and quoin sections projecting slightly, the centre adorned with two finials.
The ground floor showcases a glazed canopy over the main entrance, which features glass doors and an ornamental fanlight, accessed by six steps. There is one double door and three blocked doors, all topped with cornices on consoles. Additionally, there is a late 19th-century glazed canopy above ironwork in a 'Chinese' design. The north terrace elevation mirrors the main façade, also featuring a mansard roof. The Royal Hotel, along with the Kirby Hotel and the railings to both hotels, forms a cohesive group.
Local climate
Royal Hotel receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2024
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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