26, New Street

This is a house, now a shop, dating from around 1800, although it likely has earlier origins, with a shop front dating to the 1960s. The facade is of red brick, painted and with a concealed roof, and features stone sills.

The building is four storeys high and has two windows on the first floor. The first and second floors have 6/6 sash windows; the third floor has 3/6 sashes, all set in plain reveals with sills under flat, gauged brick arches. The ground floor contains a renewed plate-glass shop window and a glazed door positioned slightly right of centre.

The ground floor interior has been altered, while the upper floors were not inspected.

Historical records indicate that New Street was known as Glover Street in medieval times until 1523. In the 16th and 17th centuries, it comprised houses with workshops located at the rear.

The building forms part of a group of good quality buildings with numbers 25–30 New Street and the listed buildings of Cornmarket.