Numbers 24 And 26 And Range Adjoining To North

Numbers 24 and 26, along with the adjoining range to the north, are a group of houses and former storehouses, likely with origins in the earlier 18th century, although the lower section of the south range may be even earlier. The north range dates to the 18th century and was altered in the 19th century. The south range has rubble walls faced with brick in Flemish bond to the first two storeys, and English garden wall bond in brick to the upper storeys. The north range is entirely of brick. All buildings have pantile roofs.

The south range is four storeys high and six bays wide. It has 20th-century part-glazed doors in bays 2, 3, and 5. There are three 12-pane sliding sash windows beneath segmental stretcher arches in the central bay of each house. Smaller first-floor sliding sashes, four with 12 panes, and two with plain 20th-century glazing are similarly arched. Two 6-pane windows are located on the second floor, also beneath segmental header arches. A small 2-pane window sits at the eaves level of the third floor. The building has a stepped and dentilled brick eaves cornice, with tumbled-in brick to the raised gables. A ridge stack is on the right, and a truncated end stack is on the left. Blocked segmental-arched windows are present on the left gable end on the first, second, and top floors; a similar blocked top-floor window is on the right gable end.

The adjoining range to the right has two storeys and five original first-floor openings on the front. There is a pair of board doors and a 2-light sliding sash to the left, a panelled door flanked by a 4-pane hung sash and a dummy window, all beneath segmental arches. The first floor has a board door with a small 6-pane window, a blocked window, a small 4-pane sliding sash to the left, and a pair of 12-pane hung sashes and a single 4-pane sash on the right, all with lintels at eaves level. This range also has a stepped and dentilled brick eaves cornice and a ridge stack, and an end stack to the right.

The rear of the south range has three segmental-headed windows on the ground floor (two of which are blocked), a pair of small windows on the first floor, and a single segmental-headed window on the second floor. A 20th-century outshut is located to the right. The rear of the north range has a segmental-headed door to the right, an inserted window where a door once was, a 4-pane sliding sash, and a 12-pane hung sash to the left.

The roof of the south range has pegged double collars. Access to the upper two floors of the south range is through the north range. The buildings were likely used in connection with the 18th and early 19th-century hemp and flax manufacturing industry in the area. The buildings form the west side of a courtyard to the north of Owston Hall.