40-44 Carter Gate

Summary

A single, two-storey building dating from the early C17 that would have once existed as three houses, now serving as two retail units following late C19 and C20 alterations.

History

Newark appears as Newerche in the 1086 Domesday Book. It’s original name Niweweorche (meaning 'New work') is likely associated with the meaning "New fort". The site of Newark Castle was founded by Robert Bloet, Bishop of Lincoln in 1073 and rebuilt in stone from 1123 and 1133. A bridge over the Trent was built under charter from Henry I at a similar time. In the C15 and C16, Newark became a prosperous market town centred on the wool and cloth trade and characterised by a dense street pattern surrounding the market square. It was incorporated by the Crown in 1549. Significant development occurred during the C18 in response to growing trade along the Great North Road, with a number of handsome terraced Georgian buildings evident from this time. In 1775 a new bridge over the River Trent was constructed, it was further improved in 1848 and forms the current ‘Trent Bridge’. The Market Place was rebuilt in the C18 with coaching inns; the houses of leading citizens and the splendid new Town Hall (1773) by John Carr. By 1801 Newark had a population of 6,730 and was Nottinghamshire’s second town.

‘Gate’ is a Saxon word for street or way and this reflects Carter Gate’s early medieval origins as part of the Saxon burgh. As part of the medieval core of the city, the relatively narrow street is densely developed. A distinctive characteristic of the medieval street was buildings arranged around courtyards accessed via gates onto Carter Gate. Some survive with others surviving simply as passages in later buildings now leading to built-up areas behind the primary buildings fronting the street.

40-44 Carter Gate is a rendered, timber-framed building dating from the early C17 and is likely to have been built as three dwellings. A series of shopfronts were established on the ground floor following late C19 alterations with further alterations undertaken in the C20.

Details

Three dwellings of C17 origin, now serving as two retail units following late C19 and C20 alterations.

MATERIALS: timber-framed with rendered brick infill, the roof is covered with clay tiles.

PLAN: the principal range of the building is linear on plan and faces south east, with an additional ranges projecting to the rear at both the north and south ends.

EXTERIOR: there are two shop units on the ground floor, the unit to the north a C19 replica with plate glass, whilst the unit to the south is entered through a single timber door flanked by sliding sash windows and shutters, surrounded by render. The first floor is jettied with a billeted bressummer and cornice detail running across the elevation. The underside of the carriageway shows a single bressummer with joists perpendicular to the street. The side walls of the carriageway are painted brick. A single sliding sash window on the rear of the first floor sits above the box-framed carriage arch. The rear of the shop at the south end has a series of small extensions of painted brick. A catslide roof connects to one single-storey extension, whilst another stands alone and is likely to be former ancillary buildings, likely C18. The rear of the northernmost shop is an exposed brick, two-storey gable extension, likely C19 with six-over-six sash windows with external security bars at the ground floor.

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:

384937

Legacy System:

LBS

Sources

Other
Buck, Samuel. Map of the siege of Newark (1845-46)
Stevens, Henry, Newark-on-Trent (1820), accessed 19 November 2021
OS First Series, Sheet 70 (Published 1856), accessed 19 November 2021
OS 25” Nottinghamshire XXXV.3 (revised 1899, published 1900), accessed 19 November 2021
OS 25” Nottinghamshire XXXV.3 (revised 1884, published 1886), accessed 19 November 2021
Pevsner, N, Harris J, Antram, N, The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (1989), p.366

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