Number 22 Street Numbers 24, 26 And 28 Row

22 Eastgate Street and 24, 26 and 28 Eastgate Row South form an undercroft, Row and former townhouse, now used as an undercroft shop and Row shop with storage above. The building is inscribed with the date 1610, but was altered in the 18th century, and then comprehensively refurbished around 1852 by the architect Thomas Mainwaring Penson for Hugh Grosvenor, the Second Marquis of Westminster. Penson was one of the leading figures of the Vernacular Revival in Chester, and this building may be the earliest example of this movement in the city. At the time of its construction, the Chester Archaeological Society hailed it as a 'pioneer' example of the restoration of a 17th-century vernacular building, and much of the structure behind the 19th-century facade is believed to be original to 1610. Penson was later involved in the reconstruction of a number of other buildings on Eastgate Street, including The Crypt Building (28 Eastgate Street and 34 Eastgate Row South) and 36–38 Eastgate Street and 38–40 Eastgate Row South.

The Row kiosk dates to the mid-19th century and is one of only three buildings in the Chester Rows where the once-common practice of enclosing the space over the Row stallboard with a small cabin or 'kiosk', whilst retaining the Row walkway behind, has survived. The other two surviving examples are 24 Eastgate Street and 30 Eastgate Row South, and 17–19 Lower Bridge Street.

For much of the 20th century, the undercroft and Row shops, together with the undercroft of the adjacent building at 24 Eastgate Street, were occupied by a chemist. The undercroft to 22 Eastgate Street opens into 24 Eastgate Street, and in the early 21st century the two undercroft shops were occupied by a single retailer. The building is timber-framed with plaster panels and a grey-slate roof with its ridge at right-angles to the street.

At street level there is a shopfront to the undercroft dating to around 1900, which has a sandstone stallriser, a two-paned window, and pilasters with moulded arrises. There are six plaster panels above the shop window with scattered pargetting, including the Grosvenor portcullis and floral motifs. To the east is an embellished rainwater head with a square downpipe featuring a vine pattern. The pipe is inscribed 'G.A.' and has three lions passant on the hopper head. To the west is a flight of nine repaired stone steps providing access to the Row.

At Row level there is a jettied kiosk carried on a lion bracket to the west and a shaped bracket to the east. The soffit under the kiosk has six plaster panels with scattered pargetting. The kiosk has timber framing and two three-paned windows to the front elevation. The Row walk continues behind it, and the Row has a shopfront.

The third storey is continuous with the kiosk front and has two 12-pane sash windows that appear to be 18th century. Above these, the front gable has a jetty beam believed to be original, which is inscribed 16:CB:10. The gable has mid-19th-century framing, moulded bargeboards, and a finial.

The undercroft and Row shops are lined. Two small chambers above the Row kiosk and walkway have 19th-century moulded cornices. There is no third-storey floor above the Row-level shop, only the suspended 20th-century ceiling of the shop below, but there are 17th-century bay posts and probably roof trusses, and there is plastered timber framing in the adjacent passage. The rear rooms have mid-19th-century brickwork and modern cladding.