Friargate House

Friargate House is a terrace of three houses, now converted into flats. Nos. 12 and 14 date from the early 18th century, while No. 16 is from the early 19th century and has undergone later alterations. The buildings are constructed of pink-orange brick, featuring Flemish bond at the front and stretcher bond on the right return, set on a chamfered brick plinth. They have timber doorcases and a moulded eaves cornice on consoles, which returns at the right end. The roofs are double span with pantiles and brick copings for Nos. 12 and 14, while No. 16 has a slate roof at a lower level, with brick stacks. The right return has a twin-gabled roof with a ramped-up parapet and coping that masks the valley.

The exterior is three stories high with a semi-basement and has seven windows. The basement features three windows behind grilles. There are three doorcases with plain pilasters on tall pedestals, plain friezes, and cornice hoods, with the doorcases for Nos. 14 and 16 being paired. No. 12 has a six-panel door beneath an overlight, while Nos. 14 and 16 have four-panel doors recessed beneath margin-glazed overlights at the top of short flights of steps. The ground and first floor windows are all 12-pane sashes, except for the ground floor window of No. 16, which is a 16-pane sash between sunk-panel shutters. The second floor windows are squat 6-pane sashes, all with painted stone sills and flat arches of gauged brick. There are brick bands at the first and second floors, returning at the right end.

The right return has three storeys and attics with two gabled bays. It features a central doorcase similar to the main front, approached by a flight of steps, with a six-panel door beneath a radial fanlight in a panelled reveal. The windows on the first and second floors are two-light sliding sashes, and the attics have squat 6-pane sashes, all with elliptical arches of brick. The building also includes elongated S-shape and circular tie rod ends and plates. The interior has not been inspected. No. 16 was formerly listed separately.