2, St Mary'S Gate

ST MARY'S GATE 1. 5169 (East Side) -------------- No 2 SK 3871 SE 3/1A 13.3.68.

II* GV

1. Early C17. Facade rendered with roughcast painted white. 2 storeys. 2 windows, 3 light sashes, the outer lights with glazing bars, moulded frames and cornices to ground floor windows. Door dated 1898 in moulded architrave with wide Tudor arch, panel above with plaster decoration of fruit and leaves, scrolls flank panel. Broken pediment above. Rear wide segmental arch with pilasters, later door inset in arch. Eastern 2 storey cross wing angled along street line of Station Back Lane. Stone slab roof. Off centre and end chimneys. 2 storeys, 2 windows placed irregularly - generally sashes with late C19 glazing. Interior has some panelled rooms, 1 of early C17 in the east wing and 1 of late C17/early C18, to north of entrance, with bolection moulding. Centre 1st floor room as late C16/early C17 ornamental plaster ceiling. Entrance hall with egg and dart moulding to frieze. Late C17/early C18 staircase with continuous string, hand rail and turned balusters, alternate ones twisted. Butt purlin roof with some straight and arched braces, collars and traces of framed partitions. II* for interior.

Listing NGR: SK3856071205