Lane'S House And Oldgate House

Lane's House and Oldgate House are a complex of houses, now incorporating a surgery, situated in Ludlow. Lane’s House largely dates to the early 17th century, with a core of 16th-century construction. Oldgate House is an early 16th-century building. The construction materials are varied: rubble, brick, timber-frame and plaster, and a plain tile roof.

Lane's House is three storeys and has a cellar, with a two-window front. It features leaded light mullion and transom windows. The left-hand window has a decorated pediment, projecting from studwork with chevron bracing. Above are two gables with leaded light casements; the left gable features the initials ‘E.G.’ set in niches below. An oak plank door is set within a restored brick arch to the left, flanked by a mullion and transom light and smaller mullion lights, all under a moulded oak drip course. A cellar opening is present, with oak lintels. A gable wall to the left, now part of Oldgate House, is of rubble and contains a queen strut truss, with a probable blocked mullioned opening. Below a tie beam is a blocked dressed stone opening, and a blocked brick arched opening with a single light is located towards the bottom left. Traces of other openings are also visible. The returned side is of rubble, two storeys and an attic, with a four-window front featuring probably 18th-century casement windows, two set in altered openings. Three hipped dormers with twin leaded light casements are present. A plank door with an overlight is located to the right, and further casements to the left. A town wall continues to the left.

The interior of Lane's House contains decorative plasterwork ceilings and a frieze depicting the Royal Arms of Edward VI, a stone fireplace, panelling, exposed framing, and a 19th-century dogleg staircase with stick balusters. The interior of Oldgate House comprises a stop-chamfered ceiling-frame, a 20th-century staircase with splat balusters, and exposed framing with curved braces.