2 And 3, East Road

NORTHALLERTON EAST ROAD SE 3694-3794 (west side) 6/2 Nos 2 and 3 (formerly listed as 9.12.69 Metropole Garage) II Coach house and entrance to yard behind No 84 High Street (qv), now two shops and workshops. Mid-late C18, with later alterations. Brick in Flemish bond, with some ashlar dressings and part rendered; C20 pantile roof. 2 and 3-storeys, 2:1:2 bays. Central bay of 3 storeys, slightly projecting, has carriage arch of painted ashlar with chamfered banded rustication to jambs, impost bands, and archivolt with tripartite keystone; dentil course at eaves level, above which rises rendered turret, splayed at base, with 9-pane unequally-hung sash window, below band, on which sits Diocletian window; moulded pediment on gable. Flanking bays each have, on ground floor, a part-glazed door below 2-pane overlight on inner side, and 16- pane sash window; and on first floor two 9-pane unevenly-hung sash windows with ashlar sills and flat arches; dentil eaves. Hipped roof overall. End eaves stack, also stack on rear of turret. Rear: Central bay has unpainted ashlar banded rustication to jambs of arch, and ashlar quoins above impost band. Left return: wall of cobbled panels between brick bands. Upper floors reached through doors inside arch. The yard side may have been the front, but the yard elevation is masked by later buildings (not of special interest).

Listing NGR: SE3699194086