Cafe Royal Restaurant & Bar

The Cafe Royal Restaurant & Bar is a timber-framed building that dates back to the 17th century. It features a double jettied design with square panelling at the front and roughcast infill. The structure is two stories tall with an attic and has a two-window gabled front, set upon a coursed rubble plinth. The roof is tall and covered with stone tiles, featuring wide eaves and bargeboards supported by end brackets that have incised ornamentation. Notable architectural elements include a cambered and chamfered attic bressummer and a brick chimney stack.

The front facade has small pane casement windows, which are larger on the first floor, alongside multipane 19th-century shop windows that flank a central double door entrance. There is an overall projecting fascia that is supported by freestanding pillars. On the return side to the right, there is a horned sash window above a half-glazed door.

The building also has swept roof skylights on either side and a low cross roof, which is not depicted in a circa 1905 view. The rear is finished in cement render and features a massive chimney breast with a brick stack. On the left side, there are 4-light timber mullioned cross frame windows above a tripartite window, with stone steps leading down to the cellar.

Inside, the building retains impressive 17th-century details, although some modern alterations have been made. There are massive feather stop chamfer cross beams with sunk roll moulding, and a post and panel partition located midway back, which has been altered to the right with the addition of a modern passage and the blocking of the original stair entry. This suggests that the building may have originally served as a business premises with a residence at the rear. A modern staircase leads to the first floor, which also features post and panel partitions. The roof structure consists of a largely original four-bay A-frame construction with trenched purlins and principals that have been thinned above the collar, while the main posts are thickened below the tie beam.