36 And 38, Castlegate

A former public house, now a shop and office, dating from the mid-18th century. It was raised and refronted around 1840, with further additions in the mid-19th century and later alterations in the late 20th century. The building is constructed of brick with a stucco front, stone dressings, and a slate roof. It features a plinth, rusticated quoins, bands across the first and second floors, renewed coped gables, and single external gable and rear wall stacks. The front presents three storeys and a four-window range, with plain sashes framed by pilastered surrounds, featuring diamond-faced keystones and balustraded aprons. Above these are four smaller plain sashes. Below, a centrally placed, shouldered stucco doorcase flanked by scrapers leads to a part-glazed six-panel door. To the left is a 20th-century three-light window, and to the right, two plain windows with shouldered surrounds, all similarly embellished with diamond-faced keystones. The right gable includes a corner doorway with a hood supported by ornate cast iron brackets. To its right is a carriageway with an elliptical arched stucco overthrow, incorporating a keystone, hood mould, cornice, and a pseudo balustrade. A hipped rear wing, three storeys high and featuring three windows, has a small 20th-century window flanked by single Yorkshire sashes on the upper floor. Above that is a single Yorkshire sash. The ground floor of the rear wing features a renewed bow window flanked by a plain sash and a 20th-century door. A set-back rear addition to the right has a single gable stack. This two-storey addition, with two windows, incorporates Yorkshire sashes on the upper floor and a part-glazed 19th-century four-panel door on the ground floor, alongside a two-light glazing bar shop window.