Number 24 Row Number 24 Street

This is an early 14th-century undercroft and town house, later used as a shop, restaurant, and flat. It has been extended in the 18th century, with the upper structure possibly originating in the same period, but altered in the 17th century and refaced in the early 19th century. The building is constructed from stone, timber frame, and Flemish bond brown brick, with a grey slate roof.

The exterior comprises four storeys, including the undercroft and Row levels. The painted stone undercroft contains a modern shopfront, while painted stone end-piers to the Row are flanked by two columns of Tuscan design. Cast-iron railings with round-arched heads and roundels run along the front. The rendered front of No. 24, on the Row, features a half-glazed door with two flush lower panels and a single-pane arched window above. The third and fourth storeys are brick-built. A large, central, three-sided oriel window dominates the third storey, featuring two 24-pane sashes facing the front, and an 18-pane sash on each side, each with a recessed panel beneath and a dentilled cornice above. Two 12-pane recessed sashes, set within architraves with entablatures, are on the fourth storey. A later stone-capped parapet tops the building. The rear gable is partially hidden by later buildings on Goss Street.

The interior undercroft’s medieval structure is concealed by removable lightweight cladding, revealing a brick barrel-vaulted extension, likely from the 18th century. At Row level, evidence suggests a late medieval hall behind a former shop bay, probably with a passage to the west. The front portion features large timber posts supporting two stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops and brackets at the west end, along with some small panelling to the west wall. A cross-beam was cut to accommodate a conversion of a 17th-century dogleg staircase from the Row level to the third storey, which has since been changed to an open-well stair. The altered stairwell is characterised by close studding and reveals the raising of the roof in the 16th or 17th centuries, and again in the 19th century. The third storey has doors comprised of a large lower panel, a small central panel, and an upper panel, along with six-panel doors; the front room displays Georgian features, including a dentil cornice. The rear room contains a fireplace with a plaster overmantel that incorporates two round-arched panels originally from No. 22 Row. An altered newel stair of early 18th-century character leads to the fourth storey, where all structural features are concealed.