Former Gateway Boys' School

This is a former townhouse, dating from approximately 1772, with alterations made in the early and late 19th century and a significant conversion and extension in 1931 by George Nott. The building is constructed of red brick with ashlar dressings, and has a hipped slate roof, along with a dentilated ashlar eaves cornice. A rainwater head is dated 1772.

The main front overlooking the street has a symmetrical five-window facade spanning three storeys and a basement. The central doorway features a six-panel door with a traceried fanlight, set within a wooden door surround incorporating fluted Roman Doric columns, a triglyph frieze, and an open pediment. Flanking the doorway are two glazing bar sashes, each with a raised keystone. Above, a large, round-arched window is set within an ashlar Gibbs surround featuring Gothic glazing, with two glazing bar sashes either side, also with raised keystones. The upper level features a small, segmental-arched window within an ashlar Gibbs surround, flanked by two small glazing bar sashes with raised keystones. All windows have moulded stone sills.

The left-hand return features a two-storey, early 19th-century blank canted addition, with a top floor added in the late 19th century, featuring two plain sashes. The south-west front was remodelled in 1931 using Portland stone dressings. The original single-window facade is now articulated with a ground floor glazing bar sash in a moulded ashlar surround with a double keystone, linked by a blank panel to a round-headed window above, featuring a Gibbs surround and Gothic glazing. Above that is a small, segment-headed window within a Gibbs surround, with a glazing bar sash; a central keystone connects to the projecting eaves cornice. A similar bay is echoed on the south-east end of this facade. The three-storey and basement front has 13 windows, all with glazing bar sashes and ashlar keystones. The central window has a moulded Portland stone surround with a keystone surmounted by a coat-of-arms, with a linked window above in a Gibbs surround, and another window with a Gibbs surround above again.

Inside, the building retains some original late 18th-century features, including an entrance hall with two segmental arches supported by fluted pilasters. The inner archway has a pair of double doors with side lights and a fanlight. Details such as dentilated coving, doorcases and doors remain. To the left is the former Dining Room, with an original fireplace and an early 19th-century triple-arched buffet. To the right is a room with a grey marble fireplace, dentilated coving, and moulded skirting and dado rail.

On the first floor, the original layout is present with some coving and doorcases. The second floor has had partition walls removed, but retains original coving.