105 Westgate and flats 6-8 to rear of 97 Westgate

Townhouse, early C19, converted into a shop on the ground floor by the 1840s, in 2022 a shop with accommodation above.

MATERIALS: stucco with incised lines imitating ashlar, stone slate roof and brick stacks.

PLAN: the front range has a central entrance with a carriage archway to the left (east) providing access to the rear, the shop occupying the ground floor on the west side, the principal reception room of the townhouse being at first floor. A wing extends to the rear.

EXTERIOR: Westgate elevation: this is of three bays and three storeys. The carriage entrance has a timber lintel. The shopfront is broadly late C19 or early C20 in style but with renewed joinery. Above the shopfront, to the first floor, there is a shallow canted oriel window that spans the centre and right-hand bays, its three sash windows framed by Doric columns supporting a muted frieze and dentil cornice. Above, there is a blocking course surmounted by modern metal balcony railings at second-floor level. To the left of the canted oriel, there is a matching six-over-six pane hornless sash window with a projecting stone sill. The three second-floor windows are similar but shorter with three-over-six pane windows. All these sash windows appear to be renewed, but early C19 in style. The eaves to the roof have a projecting cornice supported by simply-shaped modillions. The ridge line has a single brick chimney rising between the two left-hand bays.

Rear: the projecting rear wing is also stuccoed with incised lines, and generally has replacement hornless sash windows with glazing bars similar to the front elevation. It is also of three storeys, but of two relatively broad bays. It has a tall, round-headed stair window with glazing bars, set at first-floor level hard-up against the rear wall of the front range and overlooking the carriage through-passage. The roof has a single end stack with three chimney pots.