24-28 Whitefriargate

The building at 24-28 Whitefriargate is a group of five former houses and shops built in 1826-1828 by Charles Mountain Junior, and altered in the mid-to-late 20th century and early 21st century. It is constructed of brick with painted ashlar dressings and a slate roof.

The building is rectangular, running east-west, with rear extensions aligned north-south and east-west. The four-storey north (front) elevation features five 20th-century shopfronts divided into four businesses. A 19th-century private entrance porch is located to the east of number 24, featuring granite pilasters with ashlar Ionic capitals supporting acanthus-decorated brackets and a wooden cornice. The entrance to Friary Chambers has fielded panel double doors with gold lettering reading "FRIARY CHAMBERS" above it, and a leaded porch overlight containing a late 20th-century board displaying the arms of Trinity House. Above the shops, full-height pilasters rise from the ground floor through a moulded second-floor cornice to the attic storey, dividing the upper floors into five bays. The first floor has four large segmental-headed windows with three-light casements, except for the westernmost bay, which retains moulded window surrounds and six-over-six sash windows. The second floor has eight windows; the three central bays have paired windows, and the outer bays have single windows, all with moulded window surrounds and six-over-six sash windows. The third floor (attic storey) has plain window surrounds with small six-pane sashes, a moulded cornice, and a small lead-coped parapet.

The upper floors are now residential flats, and are accessed via the staircase within the Friary Chambers entrance. A variety of original features are reported to be concealed behind 21st-century additions, though some cornicing, skirting, ceiling roses, fireplaces, and door and window architraves remain visible.