Whitegates

Whitegates is a house dating from the 17th century, with some alterations. It is constructed from herringbone-tooled sandstone in large blocks, with an incised rendered north (entrance) front and a tarred gable on the seaward side. The roof is pantiled, featuring stone copings and kneelers, along with a brick chimney stack.

The entrance front is two storeys high, with an attic and a tall basement. There is a boarded basement door with a 9-pane fixed light to the right. To the left, there is a weather-boarded pent porch that rises almost to the eaves, which has a boarded door. On the right side, there are later 19th-century sash windows on each floor and a tall half dormer. A tall projecting wall on the left is a remnant of another part of the building that has since fallen into the sea. The right end features curved coping and a kneeler, along with a rebuilt chimney.

The west front includes a 9-pane sash window on the ground floor, a 19th-century sash with vertical bars on the first floor, and a blank second floor. The east (sea) front has two remaining bays: paired 6-pane windows with the bottom left window opening, an 8-pane sash above, and a small 6-pane sash to the left. There is also an 8-pane sash in the set-back gable end, a boarded door, and a blocked window under old timber lintels at the bottom right. This house was formerly the residence of the celebrated marine painter, Dame Ethel Walker.