No.17-21 - Earlier stylistic dating has now been superceeded by tree-ring dating giving a possible constrcution date of mid-late C17. (4)
Houses. Early … C18. (1)
15C - C16, box framed, brick cladding. (2)
[Forms part of] A set of buildings of different dates, brought together under the name ‘Strays’ by their shared use as part of an animal and feed supplier in the late 20th century. The four buildings form an L-shape which [with] the corner of Boar Lane and Middle Gate. Nos 17-21 Boar Lane form a one and a half storey brick building with a steeply pitched clay pantile roof. Dendrochronological dating of has provided a possible mid- to late- 17th century construction date, with some reuse of 15th-century timbers. The building has been reclad in brick and has a series of inserted late 18th- to early 19th-century shopfronts. (No. 20 Middle Gate is a 19th century house, inserted into the middle of the earlier buildings at 21 Boar Lane and 18 Middle Gate. It is taller than its neighbours at three storeys in height plus attics, with a clay pantile roof and gable stacks. No.18 Middle Gate in contrast is only two storeys in height and appears to be a former outbuilding, with a carriage arch occupying the full width of the ground floor and perhaps storage above with a taking-in door. The carriage arch provides access to a rear range and the courtyard behind 17-21 Boar Lane, and it may have therefore originated as a service building functioning in relationship to the Boar Lane building. Finally, No. 16 Middle Gate is a small, two-storey former house dating from the 19th century.) (3)

Listed buildings slides, 1 slides (Photograph). SNT2648.

<1> DOE, Listed Building Description (Published document). SNT228.

<2> John Samuels Archaeological Consultants, 1995, A Survey of Timber Framed Buildings of Newark, Stage 1 (Unpublished document). SNT2173.

<3> Historic England, 2024, Newark on Trent, Historic Area Assessment by Historic England (Unpublished document). SNT6029.

<4> J Buckley (NCC), Observations by Janine Buckley MA (NCC) (Personal comment). SNT5239.