51, 53 AND 55, HOLGATE ROAD

This property comprises three houses and a shop, dating to circa 1860. The building is constructed of brick with a slate roof. The exterior is two storeys plus an attic, with three bays. Number 51, on the left, features glazing bar sash windows with brick flat arches, a gabled attic dormer, and a doorway to the left. The central bay incorporates a timber shopfront, partly reconstructed in the 20th century, with a cornice and side pilasters. It includes a three-panel door and overlight. A 20th-century casement window is at first-floor level, and the attic has a gabled dormer. Number 55, on the right, has a white brick canted bay window on the ground floor, with a painted lead roof. It contains sashes without glazing bars and a doorway to its left. A glazing bar sash window is at first-floor level, and the attic has a gabled dormer with a horizontal sash and glazing bars. The doorcases to numbers 51 and 55 include brackets above pilasters and moulded cornices, with plain rectangular overlights above the four-panel doors. A continuous modillion gutter cornice runs along the top. Chimneys are located to the right of numbers 51 and 55, positioned in front of and behind the ridge. The interior has not been inspected. Number 51 is included on the list for the first time.