Number 25 Street

Number 25 Street is a Grade II* listed building located in Chester City. It comprises an undercroft, shop, and restaurant, and was formerly known as the Woolpack Inn. The medieval undercroft may have Roman origins, while the Row and upper storeys were likely rebuilt around 1903 by John Douglas, a senior partner of Douglas and Minshull, and modified around 1914 based on a design from 1909 by James Strong. The building features sandstone and a timber frame with plaster panels, topped with a roof of small green slates.

The exterior includes an undercroft, now functioning as a cellar, and three storeys. The Row storey is raised two steps above the pavement level and features a timber archway supported by jowled posts. Brackets support the jettied second storey, which has a moulded beam beneath a row of ornate panels and a full-width window with three casements. Each casement has two shaped mullions, two transoms, leaded glazing, and carved pilasters at the corners and between the casements, which support four brackets for the moulded third storey jetty-beam. The third storey includes a six-light mullioned casement, ornate plaster panels, and four colonnettes beneath tall shaped brackets that lead to the coved jetty of the front gable, which features quatrefoil panels in diagonal framing and bargeboards. The rear of the building is not of special interest.

Inside, the long narrow cellar undercroft is primarily medieval, though it may contain Roman or reused Roman stones just above the bedrock at the east end of the north wall. The surfaces of the Row and the second and third storeys are largely covered, and no features of special historic interest are visible. The building is part of a group known as Saddler's Row, which includes Nos 5-31 (odd) and was previously listed as Row numbers.