Building record 1302204000 - THE GABLES, MARKET SQUARE

Grade II. Offices. C17, altered mid C20. Timber frame exposed in side walls and to part of rear; brick infill, part with thin C17 brick. Front rebuilt in brick c. 1950 with dentil ornament around gables. Old tile roof, central chimney of thin brick with grouped shafts and pilasters to sides. 2 storeys and attic, 2 gabled bays. C20 leaded casements, 3-light to main floors, 2-light to attic. Single light to centre of first floor with patterned brick surround and herringbone panel below. More single lights flanking central C20 door. Roof continues to right over former cart entry with timber-framed right wall and remains of gabled dormer. Rear has small central gable with staircase window, and later extensions. More timber-framing and original roof structure visible inside. RCHM I p. 271 Mon.13 (B1).
In 1830 there were two maltsters in the Market Square, Abraham Lowe and Jonathan Clarke. The latter lived at The Gables and was also a corn chandler. His business was taken over by Abel Rogers, a prominent citizen and churchwarden, who sold the house and associated family brewery in 1869, a few years before his death (B2).