56 Westgate Street

Formerly a shop and dwelling, then a hotel, now a cafe (2021). The structure dates to the early C19, undergoing late C19 and early C20 alterations for its conversion into a hotel. Further alterations were made in the late C20 and early C21.

MATERIALS: brick with stone details.

PLAN: double-depth block with a rear wing to the left.

EXTERIOR: three storeys and a cellar. The principal elevation on the ground floor was refaced in ashlar in the early C20 and has a central entrance doorway and a slightly recessed window to each side, all framed by pilasters and entablature. The upper floors are of red brick with a stone-coped parapet. On the first floor are three, six-over-six sash windows with glazing bars and on the second floor, three, three-over-three sashes, all in openings with a flat-arched head of five raised and stepped stone voussoirs.

INTERIOR: the ground floor was re-fitted in the early C20 with bar rooms, service rooms and stairs to the first floor. On the first floor in the centre of the block, there is a large stairwell, lit by a skylight with an early-C19 staircase to the second floor that has a swept handrail and stick balusters. Other rooms on the upper floors retain original joinery.

Formerly listed as Lamprey Hotel.