27, New Street

27 New Street is a house that has been converted into shops with a flat and offices above. It dates from the late 18th century, though it likely has earlier origins and has undergone later additions and alterations, including shop fronts from the 1980s. The building is constructed of reddish-brown brick in Flemish bond, featuring flat arches made of red gauged brick, along with ashlar sills and a cornice. It has a concealed roof and a brick stack on the left side, which has an oversailing course and pots, as well as cast-iron rainwater heads and fall pipes.

The structure has an L-plan with a range at the rear. It stands three storeys tall with an attic and has five first-floor windows. The first and second floors are fitted with 6/6 sash windows in plain reveals, each with sills and flat arches. The building is topped with a frieze and an ovolo-moulded cornice, and there is a coped parapet with an attic dormer concealed behind it. The ground floor features a central entrance with a panelled door that has three lower panels and six glazed panels, along with a six-pane overlight. The shop front includes panelled pilasters on either side of the main entrance, a fascia and cornice, glazed shop windows, and outer glazed doors with overlights.

At the rear, there is a two-storey range that includes 6/6 and 8/8 sash windows, as well as two tripartite windows with a 6/6 sash between two 2/2 sashes. There is also a part-glazed door with an overlight featuring Gothick glazing bars, along with two rainwater heads and fall pipes.

The interior has not been inspected. Historically, New Street was known as Glover Street in the medieval period and had changed its name by 1523. In the 16th and 17th centuries, it was a street of dwelling houses with workshops behind them. The building is part of a group with Nos 25-30 and the listed buildings in Cornmarket.