Late 19th century red brick detached house with apsidal end and almost symmetrical front elevation, sited in a mature garden. This building is identified as of being of townscape interest by the Louth Conservation Area Appraisal. {1} 146 Eastgate is an early 19th century house, set at an angle to the street, its front elevation facing the corner of Eastgate and Maiden Row. It is built of high quality brick laid in Flemish bond, has two storeys and cellars and is L shaped with shallow pitched, hipped slate roofs. The section to the south, set into the L, has a pitched tiled roof. There are three ornate chimney stacks above the main ridge aligned south-west to north-east, and a single stack above the ridge of the tiled roof. There is a late 19th century addition to the south-east elevation, clearly visible in the brickwork. Its north face contains a door with a plain architrave and canopy supported on simple scrolled brackets. To the south of this addition is a 20th century single storey lean-to with slate roof. The ground-floor plan consists of a two rooms to either side of a central entrance hall, at the end of which is a step up to a staircase hall, also with a room to either side. To the north and west of the house is a low brick wall, towards the corner of the street meeting square brick piers capped with stone. These are set wide apart at the pavement, with walls curving inwards towards the house to either side of the steps that rise to the front door. To the south of the steps is a door to the garden. It is shown on both William Brown’s panorama and on the 1939 map of Louth, almost at the eastern limit of continuous development to the south of Eastgate. Although all the evidence suggests an earlier 19th century date for the house, a tie above a window in the south section to the rear is dated 1841; this may indicate a later addition, or repair and consolidation of an earlier building. For the full description of this listed building please refer to the National Heritage List for England. {2}{3}