Number 13 Street Numbers 13 And 15 Row

This is an undercroft shop, Row shop, and former accommodation and rear dwelling, now used as offices. It was built in 1861 by Edward Hodkinson for Mr. Ewen, a hosier. The building is constructed from sandstone, painted English garden wall bond brickwork, and has a grey slate roof with a ridge running perpendicular to the street.

Externally, the building is four tall storeys, including the undercroft and the Row. It has a single bay and is in a Tudor Revival style. A 20th-century shopfront occupies the street frontage. The undercroft and Row storeys have hollow-chamfered sandstone end piers. The Row-front balustrade features a moulded timber rail above spiral-moulded balusters. Half-octagon responds support a possibly reused 17th-century chamfered bressumer resting on quadrant brackets incorporating mouchettes in the spandrels and end-pendants. There's a sloped boarded stallboard and a flagged Row walk. The frontage to the rear of the Row has a covered door to Number 13 and a modern shopfront. A basket arch, now splatterdashed, spans each end of the Row walk. The interior of the Row shop has a plaster ceiling.

The upper storeys are painted stone-dressed brick. A stone mullioned and transomed window on the third storey has a steep sill and a pediment over the lintel. A stepped three-light mullioned window on the fourth storey has a transom and an upper light over the central portion only. A recessed stone panel is dated 1861. The front gable has a moulded stone cornice with three plump octagonal finials. A lateral chimney is situated further south.

The undercroft is lined. Number 15, the Row shop, could not be inspected, but is noted to contain a lined shop with ancillary rooms including two mid-19th century fireplaces, a 19th-century cast-iron lavatory cistern and wash basin. The upper storeys are occupied by Number 17. The front portion of the interior has plaster cornices.

A narrow rear wing leads to a former dwelling behind, apparently intended for independent occupation. The south face of this dwelling has an altered door within a painted stone case, flanked by sidelights, four square piers, and an entablature. The windows have painted stone sills and cambered arched heads, likely dating from the mid-19th century. A tripartite sash window with 4, 12, 4 panes is on the Row storey; three 12-pane sashes are on the third storey; and two 9-pane sashes are on the fourth storey. Miscellaneous windows are found on the east gable. Rear stone steps lead from the yard to the undercroft. A later 19th-century extension to the south has no visible features of special interest.