The Garth

The Garth is a building that was originally a school and is now a house, part of which is occupied by No. 62 Marygate and Little Garth on Marygate Lane. It was constructed in 1705 and underwent extensive alterations in the late 19th century, with significant changes made to the windows in 1901. The building is made of orange-brown brick laid in English garden wall bond, with the ground floor painted on Marygate Lane. It features timber bargeboarded gables and brick stacks under pantile roofs.

The exterior consists of a three-storey, two-bay front flanked by gabled wings, with the left wing having two storeys and an attic, and the right wing having three storeys and an attic. The right wing includes a four-panel door with a side window beneath a bracketed flat porch, next to a three-light window. The left wing has a six-panel door and a three-light window, with similar windows on the ground floor. The first floor features a canted oriel window with six transomed lights in the center, a three-light window to the left, and a two-light window to the right, all with timber mullions and transoms. The second floor has windows of two or three lights without transoms, and each attic has a glazed oculus. The windows are square latticed casements with renewed one-course segmental brick arches. There are two-course raised brick bands on all floors, interrupted by altered fenestration.

On the left return, there are two storeys with two windows. The ground floor at the right end has an original plank and batten panelled door with a timber lintel, and to the left is a renewed unequal twelve-pane sash window, followed by a glazed and panelled door in a moulded surround with corner roundels. The first floor has a two-light casement window to the left and a top-hung light to the right, both transomed. All openings, except for the right end door, have flat arches of gauged brick. The right return shows evidence of blocked windows with brick segmental arches on all three floors facing Marygate Lane.

Internally, there are no notable features remaining. From 1705 to 1784, the building served as the Grey Coat School for Girls.