26, Newgate

26 Newgate is a house that has been adapted over time to include a flat and a shop. It mainly dates from the late 18th century but incorporates elements from the 17th century and possibly the 16th century. The exterior features painted incised stucco with painted ashlar dressings, while the right side is constructed of rubble with quoins and an ashlar plinth. The roof is made of stone slates with a stone ridge and chimneys, and the building is designed in an L-shape.

The house has two storeys and a two-window range. On the left side, the shop front includes a four-panelled door with an overlight, next to a three-light window with slender mullions, all framed by panelled pilasters and topped with a plain fascia and hood. The pilasters once supported richly carved terms, as shown in a photograph held by the owner. Above the shop front, there is a plain sash window with a painted flat stone lintel and sill. To the right, another sash window on the ground floor has a flat sill, with its lintel obscured by an ogee bracket supporting a first-floor canted oriel window. This oriel features angle shafts, plain sashes, and a prominent cornice. The low-pitched roof is hipped on the left side and has chimneys with stone bands at the centre and right.

The right return of the building has a six-panel door located towards the rear, which is topped by a re-used inscription as a lintel, possibly from the 17th century, reading: "O REMEMBER MAN IS MORTALL." To the left of this door is a six-pane light, and above it is a four-pane sash window, both with flat stone lintels and projecting stone sills. There is a small light high in the wall of the rear offshoot, which features a long catslide roof. The rear elevation displays 17th-century stone windows with chamfered surrounds and mullions.

Inside, the rear windows have wide splays, with one featuring lead ties on cross bars. The ground-floor shop has a stone fire surround on the left with hollow-chamfered reveals. The ground-floor rear flat is said to have visible beams, and the first-floor left room contains a blocked narrow window in the right wall, indicating that the right bay may have been an addition. The source of the re-used inscription is unknown. Notably, a medieval hospital dedicated to St John the Baptist, founded around 1230, was located on the opposite side of Newgate.