25 Carter Gate

A former dwelling, dating to the early-C18 with minor C19 alterations, converted for use as a shop in the C20 including an extension to the rear.

MATERIALS: the front elevation is of exposed brick in a Flemish bond and later infill in stretcher bond, with a rendered plat band and quoins. The southern gable is rendered in concrete beneath a pantile roof.

PLAN: the original two-pile house has been significantly extended to the rear with flat-roofed C20 extensions which form part of the retail space, storage and delivery facilities.

EXTERIOR: the building is of three-storeys including an attic. The southern edge of the front elevation features a projecting stub of fine red brick with rendered quoins, a likely remnant of a formerly attached building. At ground floor, a bricked-up shop front now forms the main entrance with a door of plate glass and timber beneath a segmental brick arch. To the south, a large window of four-panes beneath a timber C20 fascia sits beside a six-panel door with moulded jambs beneath a flat arch with soldier coursing. The upper storeys are used for commercial purposes. A plat band runs between ground and first floors across the front elevation. The first floor has four six-over-six sash windows with flat arches of soldier coursing alternating between two headers and full-length bricks. The attic storey features three monopitched dormers with six-over-six windows. Wooden eaves sit beneath a wooden gutter held in place by brackets. A total of six pattress plates are visible on the front elevation, three bullseyes and three s-plates. A single stack sits on the southern gable end above a coped gable.