13 AND 15, OLD CROSS

Nos. 13 and 15 Old Cross are shops with offices above, dating from the late 19th century but incorporating a 17th-century, three-bay timber-framed structure. The building features red brick laid in Flemish bond, a yellow brick cornice, and stucco dressings. The roof is Welsh slate with a mansard front above the parapet.

The exterior has two storeys and attics. The first floor consists of three bays with six sash windows arranged in pairs; the upper sashes have six panes, while the lower sashes are plain glazed and recessed below rubbed brick arches. There are three wood casement dormers with slated cheeks, a moulded cornice, and lead flat roofs. Above, a yellow brick cornice features moulded courses and a dentil course, while a red brick moulded impost band runs along the building. Recessed panels mark the intermediate bay lines, and a continuous moulded stucco cornice at sill level is adorned with scroll and triglyph consoles on the bay lines.

The ground floor has three unequal bays, with a carriageway on the left and moulded stucco reveals above impost blocks. The piers are decorated with pilasters topped by small stucco scrollwork pediment caps. There is a late 19th-century shopfront in the centre and on the right-hand side, featuring timber-framed plate glass windows above red brick stall risers, with fascias below a stucco cornice. A late 19th-century lean-to outshut extends across the rear elevation.

Inside, the building reveals exposed heavy section timbers, some of which are chamfered with tongue stops. The attic is subdivided into three bays, showcasing heavy section principal rafters and collars, along with pegged rafters. The position of the fireplace on the rear wall, similar to that in No. 17, and the adjacent stair indicate the building's 17th-century origins.