Number 24 Street Number 30 Row is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 July 1955. Undercroft shop, Row shop, townhouse. 4 related planning applications.

Number 24 Street Number 30 Row

WRENN ID
crumbling-pinnacle-reed
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Constituency
Chester North and Neston MP: Samantha Dixon (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 July 1955
Type
Undercroft shop, Row shop, townhouse
Address
Number 24 Street Number 30 Row, 30 Eastgate Row South, CH1 1LE
OS grid reference
SJ 405 662
Coordinates
53.19031, -2.89046
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: EPC · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

Number 24 Eastgate Street and Number 30 Eastgate Row South form an undercroft shop, Row shop, and former townhouse, rebuilt in the late 19th century in a Vernacular Revival style on the site of an earlier building. This building is notable as one of only three in the Chester Rows that retain the practice of enclosing the space over the Row stallboard with a small cabin or 'kiosk', preserving the Row walkway behind. For much of the 20th century, the undercroft shop, which connects to the adjacent building at Number 22 Eastgate Street, was occupied by a chemist; in 2022 it housed a single retailer.

The building is constructed with a timber-framed front featuring plaster panels, and brick to the rear, with a grey-slate roof running at a right angle to Eastgate Street. It is three storeys high, including an undercroft, Row, and attic.

The shopfront at street level aligns with that of Number 22 Eastgate Street, as does the soffit to the jettied kiosk at Row level. Both feature small, scattered pargeted-plaster panels. A kiosk stands in front of the Row walkway, and a modern Row shopfront is present. The third storey is directly above the Row-front kiosk and has broad (probably false) timber posts. Two three-light oriel windows with mullions, transoms, and a semi-circular pane with keyblocks above the transoms are present, flanked by close-studded panels with a mid-rail.

The attic features a jettied gable supported by three shaped brackets, with a row of 12 shaped panels below two two-light mullioned casement windows with curved herringbone bracing and a jettied collar with straight herringbone struts above. The gable also features moulded bargeboards, a finial, and a small-framed east return.

The interiors of the undercroft and Row shops have all original features covered. While the upper rooms were not inspected, the third storey is said to retain its original plan form, some doors and mouldings. Late 19th and 20th-century features are visible in the cellar.

Local climate

Number 24 Street Number 30 Row receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
  • No sale records on file
  • Related listed building consents — 4 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

Nearby listed buildings

  1. Number 22 Street Numbers 24, 26 and 28 Row Grade II 5 m
  2. Number 26 Street Number 32 Row Grade II* 7 m
  3. Number 20 Street Number 22 Row Grade II 9 m
  4. Number 18 Street Numbers 18 and 20 Row Grade II 14 m
  5. Number 28 Street Number 34 Row Crypt Building Grade I 14 m
  6. Number 16 Row Number 16 Street Grade II 19 m
  7. 14 Eastgate Street and 14 Eastgate Row South Grade II 28 m
  8. Number 36 Row Numbers 30, 32 and 34 Street Grade II 30 m
  9. Number 12 Row Number 12 Street Grade II 33 m
  10. Numbers 36 and 38 Street Numbers 38 and 40 Row Grade II 40 m