Castle Hotel

The Castle Hotel, located at 35 and 36 Queen Street, is a late 18th-century building with early 19th-century alterations. Originally three houses, it features a main block of three storeys constructed from painted brick. The façade has a five-bay arrangement with first and second-floor string courses, a flat moulded wood frieze, a heavy gutter cornice, and a slate roof. The windows are framed with architraves, and the centre window on the first floor has a moulded eared architrave, a small entablature, and a pediment. The ground floor windows do not have glazing bars.

The entrance consists of a six-panelled centre door topped with a semi-circular fanlight that has elaborate intersecting wood glazing. This doorcase is flanked by engaged Roman Doric columns and half pilasters, with the inner pilaster supporting the architrave of the arched opening. The doorcase features a broken entablature with a triglyph frieze and an open pediment with a panelled soffit. Inside, there is a small lobby with a panelled dado and a half-glazed door opposite, which has an arched radiating fanlight above.

To the left of the main block is an extension that is three storeys high with an attic, likely a refronting of an older house that is taller than the main building. This extension uses similar materials and features string courses, along with three dormer windows that have moulded cornices and pediments. The ground floor windows in this extension have had their glazing bars removed.

To the right is another extension, No 55, which dates from the 18th century and also has three storeys and an attic. This section features composite pilasters at the corners and two early 19th-century one-storey angular bays on the first floor, along with a 19th-century shop and yard entrance on the ground floor. It is important to note that only the upper floors of No 36 belong to the hotel, while the ground and basement floors are designated as Nos 36A and 36B, with the entirety of No 36 being listed separately. All the listed buildings on the east side form a cohesive group.