53 And 55, Northgate

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5115 SE 3320 NW-SE 3321 2/117-4/117

NORTHGATE Nos 53 and 55

(Formerly listed as No 53 (The Card Shop))

II*

Two shops with accommodation above. Late C15, 1596, early C18, early C19 altered, c1930. Timber framed, red brick, rock faced ashlar and render. Slate and concrete tile roofs. Two brick stacks. Five bays, 3 storeys. East front has 2 C20 shop fronts with recessed central door to left and side doors to right. Above C20 rock faced ashlar, with 3 C20 casements, above again 5 openings, 2 blind, the 3 to the right with C20 casements. Gill's yard, south front, under archway, has a fine early C18 door surround, with cabled frieze and fine 6 panel door. Rear front, to Gill's yard, 2 storey. Rendered with a central doorway, with double plank doors, and to the left a C20 window, above 2 C20 casements. Interior of No 53 retains some late C15 timber framing, including a chamfered spine beam and joists with original painted chevron decoration. The ground floor has the remains of a moulded stone fireplace, with a complete fireplace above. The upper floor retains an oak panelled frieze and an elaborate Elizabethan plaster ceiling with the remains of a contemporary frieze. Plus a single close-studded wall and most of its original roof including 2 king post trusses. No 55 has the remains of a C16 ceiling with deeply moulded cross beams behind an early C19 staircase and a contemporary fireplace.

Listing NGR: SE3313221000