Number 21 Street Number 25 Row

Number 21 Bridge Street and 25 Bridge Street Row East consist of a medieval undercroft, beneath a row shop and former townhouse that was significantly altered and re-fronted in the early 19th century, but retaining some late 17th or 18th century timber and brickwork. Historically, the shop fronting the undercroft was occupied by butchers from the mid-19th century to the early 20th century, later becoming a grocer. In 1878, the Row shop functioned as a stationer, and by 1902, it was a perfumer. In 2021, the undercroft and Row shops were occupied separately and retained retail use. The usage of the upper floors is currently unknown. The building is constructed of red-brown brick with a grey slate roof, its ridge running perpendicular to the street.

The exterior presents as a four-storey building, including the undercroft and Row. The undercroft has a modern shopfront facing the street, while the end piers of the undercroft and Row storeys are faced with wood. The Row shop has a cast-iron railing to the front opening, featuring a bottom rail, stick balusters, and a plain top rail. The stallboard is 1.69 metres deep, and both the stallboard and the Row walk are covered with vinyl. A modern shopfront and boxed end-beams are present on the Row, with a wooden fascia concealing the Row-front bressumer. The upper storeys employ Flemish bond brickwork, with painted stone sills, wedge lintels, and a cornice below a low stone parapet. A nine-over-nine-pane sash window is recessed on the third storey. The fourth storey features a recessed nine-over-nine pane sash with horizontally proportioned panes.

The undercroft’s interior reveals a chamfered oak beam beneath the stallboard, stopped at its south end. The south wall displays a bridging beam resting on five damaged stone corbels, supporting ten large square cross-joists with their north ends concealed. The Row and upper storeys are largely lined. The fourth storey includes corner chimney breasts, plaster cornices in the front and second rooms, and a single six-panel Georgian door.