1 & 3 Westgate

1 and 3 Westgate comprise two adjacent buildings with a complex history. The core of No. 1 dates to an earlier period, with significant additions and alterations in the early or mid-18th century, and further development in the mid-18th century. No. 3 is a later addition, originally part of a former tavern and academy.

No. 1 is an L-shaped two-storey building. The southeast front wing has a blocked early or mid-18th century facade concealing an earlier structure. The rear wing contains a mid-18th century or earlier first-floor assembly room, with its roof partially detached from the front wing roof. The front elevation of No. 1 is roughly five bays wide, featuring quoins at the southeast end and three stone stacks; the facade is masked and symmetrical. The ground floor has double-panelled doors, with sash windows above. There are blocked windows with keystones in several locations, and windows with keystones both above and below. A doorway is set within a rusticated architrave, possibly with a keystone. The right gable end of No. 1, a three-bay section, features a ground-floor doorway and window, and three first-floor window openings, two of which are blocked, all with keystones and architraves.

The rear assembly room wing has a southeast elevation with flanking stone stacks and quoins to the north end. The upper floor has blocked triple sash windows on either side of a modern central hoist opening, with a ground-floor window visible in the brewhouse wing. The north gable has a loading doorway leading to the first floor. No. 3 has double vehicular doors on its ground floor, leading to a former inn yard, followed by a modern shop window, a doorway, and a window. The first floor has three widely spaced sash windows set higher than those in the southeast wing. A lateral stack is visible on the rear wall.

Inside No. 1, a northwest ground floor room in the front wing contains a massive stopped and chamfered beam, and a fireplace with an adjoining staircase to the north. The ground floor of the assembly room wing includes a vaulted cellar to the south and a brewhouse with heavy beams and a fireplace. The former assembly room on the first floor retains remains of a barrel vaulted plaster ceiling and cornice along the northwest wall, as well as fireplaces originally fitted with modillion cornices at each end. Flanking minstrels' galleries, one retaining its turned balusters and panelled door, are also present.