2 Gowthorpe

A shop of the early to mid-C18, with C19 and late C20 alterations.

MATERIALS: hand-made brick (painted), with pantile roof, timber windows.

EXTERIOR: the two-storey, four-bay facade to Gowthorpe has alternate raised quoins at the right, up to the original eaves level. The ground floor is fitted with a late C20 three-bay shopfront, which references late-C19 styles. The first floor has four narrow segmental-headed, flush-framed, four-pane horned sashes with exposed moulded sash boxes. Deep eaves with stepped brick brackets at each end support cast-iron rainwater goods that drain into a decorative hopper (which also serves the attached New Inn, 4 Gowthorpe, NHLE 1167217). The steeply-pitched roof is clad in pantiles and has a pair of flat-topped dormers, fitted with four-pane casements. The upper sections of the two gable ends are exposed above the roofs of the adjacent properties and are made of clamp bricks.