13 AND 15, YATE LANE

Nos 13 and 15 on Yate Lane are two dwellings that were originally a single house, rebuilt in the early to mid 18th century from a 17th-century structure and later subdivided in the 19th century. The front is made of ashlar stone, while the rest is dressed stone, topped with a stone slate roof. The building has two storeys and features a symmetrical facade with five first-floor windows. Notable architectural details include raised, chamfered quoins, a moulded stringcourse, and a central doorway flanked by Ionic pilasters, with a pulvinated frieze and a segmental pediment above. The windows are sash style with glazing bars set in moulded architraves, and there is a moulded eaves cornice, along with kneelers and ashlar coping. The end stacks are corniced. At the rear, there are three double-chamfered mullion windows and a later stair window. Inside, photographs from the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England show that in the front room of No 15, there is a round-headed, panelled door with fluted pilasters and a plain panel above, along with panelled shutters and panelling under the windows. In No 13, there is a cut-string, dog-leg staircase featuring ramped balusters, turned balusters, a curtail, and a newel post.