29 Carter Gate

29 Carter Gate is a three-storey former house built in the late 18th century. It was later converted into a shop on the ground floor and then into flats on the first and second floors during the late 20th century. The front elevation is constructed of exposed red brick in a Flemish bond pattern. Recessed areas on the ground floor, where a 20th-century shopfront was inserted, are faced with dark red brick in a stretcher bond. The building’s northern gable projects forward, displaying Common Bond brickwork with multiple later repairs, as does the upper gable of the southern flank.

The ground floor now contains a retail unit, accessed through a recessed entrance with a large plate-glass front and a single-pane metal door. The original main door and its timber doorcase, providing access to the upper floors, is located to the south. This consists of a six-panel timber door, reached by three rounded stone steps and flanked by timber scrapers, where the cast iron element has been removed. A flat timber hood is supported by carved timber console brackets, and an early 20th-century leaded, stained-glass overlight sits beneath it. A three-brick plat band runs across the façade between the ground and first floors. The first and second floors each have single-pane sash windows in three bays, with the first-floor windows being full-height and the second-floor windows half-height, all set beneath flat brick arches. The central window on the second floor is a painted false window. The pitched roof is covered with pantiles and has two gable stacks.