23, Nethergate Street

TL 74 NE 14/120

CLARE Nethergate Street (North West Side) Number 23

19.12.61

GV II A C17 timber-framed and plastered house, much altered in the early C19 when it was refronted. 2 storeys. The building of 1 storey and attics at the north east end appears to have been originally a separate medieval timber-framed and plastered house and now forms part of No 23 (garage on the ground storey). 3 window range, two 3-light bays flank the entrance door, double-hung sashes with glazing bars, in cased frames. A central 6-panel door has a wood Doric portico with fluted columns, a triglyph frieze and a cornice. At the south-west end there is a carriage entrance way. Roof slate. The building on the north-east end has a C20 tiled roof with 1 sloping roofed dormer and a good red brick Tudor chimney stack with 2 octagonal shafts with moulded bases and small horse's head ornamentation at the base.

No 11, Nos 13 to 15 (consec), Nos 17, 18, Rose and Crown Public House, nos 20, 22, Orchard House and Nos 23 to 26 (consec) together with all the listed buildings on the South-East Side form a group.

Listing NGR: TL7685645164