2, Edgar Street

No. 2 Edgar Street is a house that has been converted into a shop, dating from around 1750, with later additions and alterations. These include a shop front and attic dormers likely added between 1836 and 1899, and rebuilding of the right gable end between 1950 and 1970. The building is constructed of dark red brick in Flemish bond and has a plain tile roof. It features a renewed brick stack on the left end with an oversailing course and pots, an off-centre truncated brick stack on the right, and a tall brick stack at the rear right, also with an oversailing course and pots.

The structure has two storeys plus attics and four first-floor windows, with an outshut at the rear. The first floor displays alternating tripartite windows, which consist of 6/6 sashes between 2/2 sashes, alongside blind openings. The ground floor includes another tripartite window on the left, featuring a 3/3 sash between a 1/1 sash. All windows are set under flat arches made of gauged brick.

On the ground floor, there is an off-centre right plate-glass shop window flanked by pilaster strips, topped with a frieze and a shaped cornice supported by corbel brackets. The off-centre left entrance consists of a four-panel door with glazed upper panels and an overlight, all within a pilastered surround, frieze, and moulded cornice on corbel brackets. There is an additional entrance on the right, which is a four-flush-beaded-panel door with a timber lintel. The eaves feature a shaped modillion band, and there are two attic roof dormers with casement windows that have transom bars and timbering to the gables. The right gable end is adorned with decorative bargeboards.

The interior has not been inspected. No. 2 Edgar Street is part of a significant group of buildings, including Nos 2-16 Edgar Street and Nos 28-34 Sidbury, as well as No. 12 College Precincts, Tower House at No. 1 Severn Street, and Edgar Tower on College Green. Edgar Street is recognized as a fine example of a Georgian street and is an important part of the setting for the Cathedral.