14, Bishop Lane

14 Bishop Lane is a house that has been converted into a warehouse for a public house, which also includes No. 33 Lowgate. The building dates from the early 18th century and incorporates elements from the late 16th and early 17th centuries. It underwent extensive remodeling in the late 18th century, with further alterations in the mid-19th and 20th centuries.

This four-bay structure stands three storeys tall, with a two-storey extension at the rear. It is primarily built of brick in Flemish bond, rendered on the south side, and topped with a corrugated iron roof. A large brick chimney is located at the rear, with a smaller chimney on the east gable. There is a 20th-century iron extractor flue on the front roof.

On the ground floor, there is a central double doorway featuring modern boarded doors beneath a steel lintel, with altered brickwork around it. To the left, a 19th-century glazing bar shop window is flanked by pilasters and a cornice, all set under an earlier brick segmental arch. To the right, there is an altered casement window under a brick segmental arch. The first floor is symmetrically divided by four openings under segmental brick arches, with only one exposed; this features a 16-pane hung sash window that is slightly larger than the original opening. The second floor is made of later brick, showing visible joist holes from the second floor.

At the rear, there is a two-storey single-bay lean-to addition. Inside, the ground floor retains reused ceiling joists, some of which have moulded ovolo soffits from the late 16th or early 17th century. The large chimney may also relate to the earlier building. There is raised-and-fielded panelling on the ground and first floors, along with traces of an ornate cornice from the early 18th century. The interior was subdivided in the mid-18th century, featuring panelling and a second fireplace. The second floor dates from the late 18th century, and possible former dormer windows were lost when the roof was replaced in the 20th century.