Royal Ship Hotel including former stableyard

The Royal Ship Hotel, which includes a former stableyard, is a three-plus storey building with a three-window front and a four-storey gabled wing added in the mid-19th century to the left, replacing earlier structures on the site. There is a corresponding wing to the right rear along Bridge Street. The building is constructed of coursed rubble masonry and features a steeply pitched slate roof with close verges on the older section, while the later parts have a gently pitched roof with bargeboards and a hipped section to the right rear. Stone stacks with moulded caps and water tabling are present.

The hotel has five hipped dormers that are slate hung and set entirely within the roof. The windows are six-pane sash types, with a Victorian sash on the gable end of the later wing. The second floor has Victorian sashes flanking a two-light casement window, all set beneath stone lintels, which are similar to those on the first floor. There are French windows leading to a wrought ironwork balcony with a leaf motif on the later wing, situated above a two-storey rectangular bay window that has corniced tops and four lights with a stone base. The central porch of the older part is flanked by Victorian sashes and features a modern top on square pillars and pilasters, with Tuscan columns at the entry and a moulded architrave. The doors are from the 19th century, and there is a cobbled apron at the front.

The elevation facing Lion Street is four storeys high with three windows, featuring Victorian sashes and stone lintels. The former stables are attached to the left side and are two storeys tall, with the first floor slate hung and a modern slate roof. The first floor has eight bipartite small-paned sash windows set under the eaves, while five similar windows are on the ground floor, with a single modern window to the left. A 12-pane sash window is located on the gable end, supported by moulded stone corbels.

On the gable end of the older part facing Bridge Street, there is a single tier of windows with shallow upper sashes; the second and first floors have nine-pane windows, while the ground floor features a 12-pane sash window. The later wing adjoining to the right is three storeys tall and four windows wide, constructed of brick with a stone face. It has Victorian sashes with stone lintels, a central doorway with a stone lintel, and a rectangular fanlight above a modern panelled door.

Inside, there are contemporary but relocated staircases and panelled doors.