15 And 17, Newgate Street

Two town houses, now combined and used as offices, were built in the early 18th century and have been altered since. They are constructed of orange Flemish bond brick, with a grey slate roof running at a right angle to the front. The first storey has been rebuilt, featuring a central double door with fielded panels, pilasters, a frieze, and a cornice. There are tripartite small-pane windows to either side, and boarded loading doors with 12-pane overlights on the south side. The second storey has six replaced 14-pane sash windows with recessed sills and flat brick arches with brick keys. A three-course floorband separates the third storey, which has six nearly flush 12-pane sashes; three on the north side have been replaced and have horns, while the three on the south side retain thick glazing bars of an early type. The windows on this storey also have recessed sills and brick arches with keys. A painted stone cyma cornice runs along the top, with a lateral chimney on each side. A 19th-century extension to the rear contains old brickwork but lacks any features of particular interest. The basement has brick walls, segmental archways, and quarry floors. The front rooms on the first storey have 20th-century panelling and a rebuilt ceiling structure. A rear room contains a three-panel ceiling with two stop-chamfered longitudinal beams and moulded plaster cornices. Number 15 features an open-well staircase with square drop-newels, three stout turned balusters per step, and a heavy moulded straight rail. The similar staircase in Number 17 has been altered and is of one flight with winders at the foot and head. The second-storey room at the front on the north side has a cornice and replaced doors. The south front room has a four-panel door in a panelled case, benches in the embrasures, full panelling (one row below the dado and one above), a later fireplace, and a dentil cornice. The rear north room has two longitudinal stop-chamfered beams and a cornice to each ceiling panel. The third storey has embrasure benches in the front south rooms.