21, 23, 23A, CASTLEGATE

This is a mid-18th century building located on Castlegate, Newark on Trent, originally a pair of houses, later altered to incorporate a shop, restaurant, car showroom, restaurant, and a flat. It is constructed of brick with stone dressings and a slate roof. The building is characterised by a first-floor sill band and coved eaves, with a single coped gable and single rear and side wall stacks. A prominent feature is the three pedimented projecting centres, each with three windows.

The main facade has three storeys and ten window bays. The first floor contains ten glazing bar sashes, each with a multi-keystone lintel. Above this, ten similar sashes without lintels are visible. The ground floor features two pairs of late 19th-century wooden shopfronts with cornices supported by brackets; the left-hand pair is more ornate, featuring panelled pilasters. Centrally is a round-headed stone doorcase with a keystone and impost, leading to an eight-panel door and fanlight. To the right is a garage with glazed double doors, and to the left a more modern restaurant with a recessed central glazed door flanked by windows. A shopfront to the left displays a single pane window and recessed glazed door. An altered shopfront to its right has a recently reglazed door and window. Further to the right is a two-panel entry door. The left side, facing Boar Lane, has both a first-floor band and cogged eaves. It is three storeys high with three window bays, including two segment-headed glazing bar sashes and a smaller casement window to the right. Above, two similar sashes are visible. The ground floor on this side features renewed late 19th-century wooden shopfronts with panelled pilasters and cornices on brackets. The left shopfront has a central glazed door flanked by single-pane windows with toplights, while the right shopfront has a smaller, similarly designed late 19th-century shopfront with an off-centre door flanked by single-pane windows.