Number 30 Row Number 32 Street

Number 30 Row, also known as Number 32 Street, is a building with a complex history, encompassing medieval origins, a significant 1811 rebuilding, and 20th-century alterations. It currently functions as a street-level shop, a Row-level shop, and provides accommodation. The exterior is constructed primarily of brown brick in Flemish bond, with a roof, originally at a right angle to the street, now covered with cement tiles.

The street facade features a shopfront dating probably to around 1900, with a recessed, part-glazed, two-panel door and a single-pane canted window above sub-panels on either side. A cornice is supported by stop-chamfered mullion posts with consoles. The Row front is characterized by simple cast-iron stick balusters and rail, a central cast-iron Tuscan column, and a boarded Row walk, concealing the stallboard. The upper storeys of the street elevation have two recessed sash windows to each floor, with painted stone sills and wedge-shaped lintels. The third storey windows have 12 panes, while those on the fourth storey have 9. A lead rainwater pipe and head is dated 1811. A painted stone cornice sits above, and three chimneys are visible on the north wall. A late 19th-century cottage adjoins the rear of the property and contributes to the overall site but lacks significant external features.

The interior contains a medieval undercroft, the longest identified in the Rows at 40.85 meters, tapering in plan. The undercroft’s walls are of coursed rubble sandstone and later brickwork, partly plastered, and contain five chamfered oak beams. A concrete flat roof has been inserted between the medieval walls and the later 1811 structure, beyond which sandstone side walls continue, barrel-vaulted in brick from the 18th century, to the sandstone rear wall. The Row storey includes an open-well, open-string staircase with shaped brackets, stick balusters, and a swept rail. Early 19th-century cast-iron grates are present, along with a leaded rear window. The third and fourth storeys also have early 19th-century cast-iron grates. A panelled room and a partly altered 18th-century staircase are found in the rear portion of the building, which was likely formerly a separate dwelling.