20, Davygate

No. 20 Davygate is a house and shop that was rebuilt in the mid-19th century, originally based on a mid-18th century structure. The shopfront was added in the 20th century. The front is made of pink-grey brick laid in Flemish bond, featuring a timber cornice, while the right wall is constructed of orange-brown brick. The building has a slate roof with brick chimney stacks.

The exterior is three stories tall with a two-window front. The shopfront is framed by grooved pilasters with moulded imposts, a beaded panel fascia, and a moulded cornice, and includes a recessed glazed door on the left. The shop door is set within an arcade of plate glass showcase windows, topped by a band of divided transom lights across the street front. The upper floor windows are 12-pane sashes, with those on the first floor featuring cambered arches of orange brick, and the second floor windows above a painted stone sill band. There is a moulded modillion eaves cornice.

The right return of the building serves as a boundary wall to the former burial ground of St Helen's Church in St Helen's Square. This side also has three stories and an attic, with a three-bay gable wall. The right bay is blank, while the left bay projects as an external stack and has a three-course band at the first floor. The centre bay features 12-pane sash windows on the first floor, unequal 9-pane sashes on the second floor, and a 16-pane sash in the attic, all with renewed stone sills and flat arches. There are grave monuments leaning against the wall, including a re-carved headstone for William and Anna Peckitt, who died in 1776 and 1787 respectively, and were the parents of William Peckitt, a glass painter. The interior has not been inspected.