Royal Hotel, Bathurst, Heritage hotel in Bathurst, Australia.

The Royal Hotel is a three-story building on William Street featuring cast iron verandahs and a Victorian facade decorated with personalized R designs at each bay point. The structure maintains its original appearance with consistent architectural detailing throughout all levels.

The building was constructed in the 1840s and underwent expansion in the 1880s with the addition of a third floor and decorative cast iron balconies. These changes transformed it into a notable example of architectural development during the Victorian era in Bathurst.

The Royal was the leading hotel of Bathurst in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and its 1872 letting notice lists 8 parlours, 30 bedrooms and a dining hall seating 300. The cast iron verandah posts carry a personalised "R" in the shield of each bay, a detail a passer-by can still pick out from William Street.

The building is accessible from the street and can be viewed from the exterior, with the architecture best appreciated from a distance for a complete view. Visitors should note that interior spaces are not publicly accessible as the building now functions as commercial and residential space.

The cast iron posts and railings of the 1880s verandahs carry a personalised "R" in the shield of each bay, a detail easy to miss from street level. The building is the only surviving three-storey verandah hotel in Bathurst.