Number 63 Street Number 75 Row

Number 63 Bridge Street and 75 Bridge Street Row East comprise an undercroft and Row shops beneath a brick townhouse built around 1760. Although internal fabric from earlier periods is obscured by lining, it is likely the building occupies the site of an earlier structure. Previous work in the undercroft revealed a sandstone wall near St Michael’s church, suggesting possible medieval origins. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the street-level shop was a butcher’s, while the Row shop was occupied by a tobacconist.

In the late 20th century, the undercroft was converted into a café, and in 2015, the Row-level shop became a tea shop with dining rooms and storage above. The building is constructed of Flemish bond brown brick and has a grey slate roof, with the ridge running perpendicular to the street and a hipped front.

The exterior is four narrow storeys, including an undercroft and Row, with a single bay. The undercroft has a modern shopfront facing the street. Brick end-piers rise through the undercroft and Row levels, the lower parts of which are rendered. The Row has a timber rail with stick balusters, a sloped boarded stallboard measuring 1.63 meters front to back, a flagged walkway, and an 1850s shopfront. This shopfront features a later recessed glazed door with a sub-panel, panelled stall-risers, end pilasters, moulded sills, slim cylindrical mullions with fluted bases and caps, and rounded top corners of the panes featuring carved spandrels and a moulded cornice.

The upper storeys exhibit details similar to those of numbers 71 and 73 Bridge Street Row. There is a single original flush six-over-six pane sash window to the third storey and a three-over-six pane sash to the fourth storey. A painted stone sill is present on the third-story window, and a sillband defines the fourth storey. Both windows have rusticated wedge lintels with false keystones. Above is a painted stone full cornice and a tall brick parapet with a plain cap. A lateral chimney is situated to the north. The south return is of English garden wall brickwork and has a three-over-six-pane flush sash to the fourth storey.

The undercroft is lined but contains 18th-century cross-beams. A medieval south wall was observed during refurbishment. The upper storeys are lined.