Number 20 Street Number 22 Row

Number 20 Eastgate Street and Number 22 Row were built in the mid-17th century on a narrow plot as an undercroft, Row shop, and townhouse. The building was refaced with brick in the early 19th century, concealing timber-framed structures of 17th-century origin, built one behind the other. In the early 20th century, the undercroft shop was occupied by a hatter, and the Row was a bootmaker. In 2022, the undercroft and Row remained in separate retail use, with ancillary uses above. The façade is of brown brick laid in a Flemish bond, concealing the underlying timber framing, with a grey-slate roof running at right-angles to the front elevation.

The building is of four storeys, including an undercroft and Row. The undercroft at street level has a modern shopfront between early fluted pilasters, and a plain wooden fascia. The Row level has a simple cast-iron railing to the front opening, painted brick end-piers, and side showcases. It features a sloped, boarded stallboard measuring 2.05m from front to back, and a concrete-flag walkway. The Row shopfront is in Edwardian style, with a recessed glazed door of one shaped pane, a panelled stallboard, and a two-paned shop window with a slender turned mullion. A plaster ceiling is present above the stallboard and Row.

One window is positioned on each of the third and fourth storeys, with painted-stone sills and wedge lintels. The third storey has a recessed four-pane horned sash window, and the fourth storey has an original recessed nine-pane sash window below a painted stone cornice.

The interior of the Row shop entrance has a glazed panel displaying an angled timber brace and wattle and daub forming part of the east party wall. This indicates the presence of a substantial 17th-century structure, otherwise covered, within the Row and possibly undercroft storeys. An early-19th century cornice is found in the Row storey, and there are some 19th-century cornices in the third storey. The east wall of the fourth storey is timber framed, revealing that the front and back parts of the property, each built independently, are of 17th-century origin.