Royal Hotel, 53 Allan Street, Blairgowrie

Dated 1852. Three-storey, five-bay astylar classical hotel in irregular terrace on ground falling to southeast. Ashlar, painted to southwest, with ashlar dressings. Base and second floor cill courses, ground floor cornice as first floor cill course, and eaves cornice with deep scrolled blocking course.

SOUTHWEST (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: centre bay at ground with stop-chamfered doorpiece with crested square pediment incorporated into full-width cornice giving way to margined and corniced first floor window with flanking carved roundels at base; windows in flanking bays to ground and first floors and smaller windows to each bay at second floor.

NORTHWEST ELEVATION: regular fenestration to each floor of three widely-spaced bays, later out-of-character projection between centre and right bays, and dominant shouldered ashlar stack to right.

NORTHEAST ELEVATION: projecting gabled bay to left and first floor lean-to, vertically-astragalled conservatory on return to right.

12-pane glazing pattern in timber sash and case windows. Grey slates. Shouldered and coped ashlar stacks with polygonal cans.