Description

SK4292 ROTHERHAM WEST GATE
(west side)
9/82 Nos 7 and 9
- II

House now shops and offices, mostly unoccupied at time of resurvey. 1794 by
John Platt for himself (Potts, p19); altered. Ashlar sandstone facade, coated
slate roof. 3 storeys, 1 : 3 : 2 bays in present form, central bays recessed;
occupies corner site with left return, of later date, facing Main Street. C20
shop fronts to full width of ground floor infilling recessed central part. Tall
lst-floor windows all with renewed casements in plain openings, projecting sills
to outer bays, sill band exposed in bay 2. 2nd-floor string course beneath
shorter window openings with unequally-hung 9-pane sashes, bays 5 and 6 now with
iron casements. Continuous moulded cornice with ashlar blocking course. Left
bay of roof altered. Left return: right bay rebuilt in keeping with main front.
Buildings to left (also part of No 9) of later construction and not of special
interest. Platt sold the house in 1808 but remained in occupation until his
death on December 14th, 1810. The part of the house further to the left was
demolished when Main Street was constructed.
J. D. Potts, Platt of Rotherham, Mason-Architects 1700-1810, Sheffield, 1959.

Listing NGR: SK4278492733

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26487507

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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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