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Summary

Description

Circa 1900, with later alterations and additions. 3-storey and attic, 2-bay, terraced hotel with broad oriel bays and mock half-timbering. Finely droved sandstone ashlar with polished dressings. Bracketed ground floor cornice, 1st and 2nd floor window cornices, that to 2nd incorporated into eaves cornice. Stone transoms and mullions, raked cills.

W (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: ground floor with 2 fixed windows (each consisting of serpentine timber transom and 2 mullions) flanked by 2-leaf panelled timber door at outer left and altered entrance at outer right. Pair of 5-light shallow canted transomed windows rising through each bay at 1st and 2nd floors, and giving way to decorative metalwork parapet with 'ROYAL HOTEL' lettering, pair of 5-light dormer windows above with half-timbered gableheads.

Plate glass glazing in timber sash and case windows. Grey slates. Broad coped ashlar stacks with full-complement of polygonal cans; ashlar-coped skews with moulded skewputts; decorative bargeboarding.

Statement of Special Interest

Stonehaven's growing reputation as a fine seaside resort, easily accessible by rail and with excellent bathing conditions led to the appearance of a number of well-designed late Victorian hotels appearing on this, one of the principal thoroughfares. Facing the Town Square and Market Buildings, and with views to the rear over Stonehaven Bay, The Royal retains its restrained façade above ground, blending well with earlier buildings from the late 18th and early 19th century planned New Town of Robert Barclay of Ury.

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