The Angel Hotel

The Angel Hotel is a three-storey building with a stucco front that has been painted, topped with a natural slate roof. Built in a Neo-classical style, it features horizontal grooving on the ground floor and smooth render above on the first and attic floors. The façade has six window bays, arranged as one on the left and five on the right, with the leftmost bay being wider.

The main five-bay section of the elevation is symmetrically designed, with a central entrance that is slightly set forward and framed by a pediment. The entrance porch is supported by Doric columns in antis, with panelled side pilasters and a triglyph frieze. A wrought iron lamp bracket is positioned above the porch. The ground and first floor windows are 6 over 6 pane sashes, with the central first-floor window featuring a prominent architrave on console brackets, while the others are plain. The top floor has three 3 over 6 pane sashes. The building is topped with a heavy cornice and a tall parapet, concealing the roof, which has a red brick stack to the left of the entrance bay and on both gables.

The left end bay has an older character, showcasing a wide splayed two-storey bay with paired 8 over 8 pane sashes and 2 over 2 pane sidelights. The second floor features a smaller bay with paired 6 over 6 pane sashes, and the roof is hipped to the front with a red brick stack to the right.

Along Lower Castle Street, there are four window returns, three doors, and a window on the ground floor. The windows here are 8 over 8 pane sashes, while the top floor has 6 over 6 pane sashes. The roof features five gabled dormers and two tall stacks, along with an additional two-storey gabled bay, which has two windows, blind on the ground floor, and 4 over 4 panes above. The elevations facing the inn-yard are more varied and have undergone alterations.

The interior of the hotel underwent significant restructuring in 1980-1981, making it difficult to identify any of the main rooms as dating from before that time. However, some archways and dado panelling may be older. The main staircase appears to be early 19th century, featuring an open-well design with top lighting, scrolled tread ends, two stick balusters per tread, and a continuous handrail. The main bedroom floor was only partially observed, but it all seemed modern.