27 and 29 Gate Street (EHER 38289)

A pair of mid 18th century timber framed and rendered, semi-detached houses built on a brick plinth. They have a half-hipped gambrel roof, covered in tile. The building is single storey with attics and each house is of a two-unit plan. There is an 1980s extension to the right of No.29.

November 1989. Grade II listed. A pair of mid 18th century timber framed and rendered, semi-detached houses built on a brick plinth. The half-hipped gambrel roof has brick ridge chimney stack to the front and there are gambrel roofs with brick end chimney stacks to the rear. The roofs are covered in tile. The building is single storey with attics and each house is of a two-unit plan. There is an 1980s extension to the right of No.29. No.27 has a 20th century door, and No.29 has a 19th century plank door with moulded flat hoods. There are flat rendered arches over 20th century windows, a moulded wood cornice, and hipped dormer windows with moulded wood cornices. No.27 has an exposed timber-frame inside, with wall bracing, an 18th century open fireplace, winder stairs and plank doors with strap hinges. No.29 was not inspected but noted as having similar features. <1> See photos <2>. Google Streetview imagery from April 2024 shows No.27 has been renamed to Coach Cottage and bares a roundel plaque to the right of the door which reads 'AN ENGLISH LISTED BUILDING' around a rose motif. The extension at No.29 appears to itself been extended to the front between June 2017 and August 2018. <3>