24 And 26, Commonhall Street

A pair of identical cottages built in 1889 by TM Lockwood. They were designed for the staff of Browns of Chester department store, likely funded by Charles Brown. The cottages are constructed of brown brick in a Flemish bond pattern, with decorative red brick detailing. They have a red clay tile roof.

Each cottage is two storeys high. They feature a plinth and a moulded band at the top of the upper storey. Each has a framed and boarded front door, partially glazed, and a mullioned window with three arched metal lights in the lower storey. The door of number 26 is angled at the corner with Old Hall Place, and the upper storey overhangs with a triangular canopy supported by timber brackets. The upper storey of each cottage has a timber oriel window with three 8-pane lights, set beneath a timber-framed dormer gable. A brick chimney rises from the centre of the ridge. The gable end of number 26, facing Old Hall Place, has a mullioned window with two 3-pane metal lights on each storey. A gabled rear wing has a framed and boarded back door with an overlight protected by a scrolled wrought-iron screen. Rear offices are also present. The interiors were not inspected.