24, 26 and 28 South Street, Boston

MATERIALS: Red brick laid in Flemish bond with a slate and tiled roof.

PLAN: A rectangular street-side front range has two storeys with attics and a pitched roof with ridge stacks at both gable ends. The lower east wing at the north end of the building has a pitched roof.

EXTERIOR: The west elevation has three shop fronts to the ground floor, each window with glazing bars, the windows separated by doors, one blocked, one with a three-paned overlight, and with a third, double door at the south end. The shop windows and doors have reeded pilasters to either side with plain fascias above. There are five segmental-arched unhorned sash windows to the first floor. These are unevenly spaced and there is no window above the double door to the south, immediately above which, hanging by a chain from a metal bracket, is a small lead sack engraved with the words 'corn & seed'. Below the eaves is a dentilled cornice, and there are two dormer windows in the roof with segmental arched lead roofs over six-paned unhorned sashes.

INTERIOR: The front rooms of the ground floor now form a single shop space, with smaller rooms behind. Dado-height panelling survives, particularly on the east wall, and at either end of the shop are chimney breasts, that to the south with an early-C19 fireplace. Immediately behind the chimney breasts are the remains of staircases. In the south-east corner is a balustrade with stick balusters, while a door in the north-east corner opens onto a winder stair. A stair in the east wing provides access to the first-floor landing, partly within the wing's lower roof space. The stair rises to the south of a central stack, on the other side of which are two small first-floor rooms. The west, front, range is three steps higher than the east wing, and contains three rooms, all with fireplaces with basket grates. The south room fireplace has an C18 moulded wooden surround with decorative cast-iron grate, to the west of which is a cupboard and winder stair, both with two-panelled doors. The small central room has a corner fireplace with similar wooden surround and simple grate, while the north room has a basket grate with integral kettle holder. To the east of the fireplace is a six-panelled door, but most other doors have been removed. The attics are roughly plastered and the roof structure is not visible.