24, 26 and 28 South Street, Boston

The building at 24, 26, and 28 South Street, Boston, is a largely 18th-century commercial building, constructed of red brick in a Flemish bond pattern, with a slate and tiled roof. It comprises a rectangular front range and a lower, east wing at the north end.

The west elevation, facing the street, has three shop fronts on the ground floor. Each has glazing bars; the windows are separated by doors. One door is blocked, one has a three-paned overlight, and a third is a double door at the south end. The shop windows and doors are flanked by reeded pilasters and topped with plain fascias. Five unevenly spaced, segmental-arched sash windows are on the first floor. Above the double door at the south, suspended by a chain from a metal bracket, is a small lead sack engraved with ‘corn & seed’. A dentilled cornice runs below the eaves, and two dormer windows with segmental arched lead roofs contain six-paned sash windows.

The front rooms on the ground floor now form a single shop space, with smaller rooms at the rear. Surviving dado-height panelling is particularly visible on the east wall. Chimney breasts are located at either end of the shop, the southern one featuring an early 19th-century fireplace. Remains of staircases are found immediately behind the chimney breasts. A balustrade with stick balusters is in the south-east corner, while a winder stair is accessible through a door in the north-east corner. A stair in the east wing leads to a first-floor landing, partly within the wing’s lower roof space. The stair rises to the south of a central chimney stack. The front, west range is three steps higher than the east wing and contains three rooms, all with fireplaces including a basket grate. The south room's fireplace has an 18th-century moulded wooden surround and decorative cast-iron grate, with a cupboard and winder stair with two-panelled doors to the west. The central room has a corner fireplace with a similar wooden surround and a simple grate, while the north room has a basket grate with an integral kettle holder. A six-panelled door is located to the east of the north room’s fireplace, though most other doors have been removed. The attics are roughly plastered, and the roof structure is not visible.