1, RISBYGATE STREET (See details for further address information)

This is a house, now used as a shop and offices, dating from around 1600, with extensions and alterations made in the early 19th century. It occupies a corner site at the junction of Risbygate Street and St Andrew’s Street South, with a return front facing onto the latter street. The building is constructed of white brick, with a hipped slate roof featuring a wide eaves soffit and a paired modillion eaves cornice.

The main facade to Risbygate Street is three storeys high, with a three-window range. The ground floor contains two 16-pane sash windows in plain painted reveals, and a paired 20th-century window with 2-light small-paned casements, all with flat gauged arches. The second floor has three 6-pane sash windows, again in plain reveals with flat gauged arches. The recessed main entrance is sheltered by a wide segmental arch supported by plain recessed Tuscan columns, with a fanlight featuring fan glazing above. To the left of the entrance is a 19th-century shop front extending along the corner, with a doorway set on the splay of the corner and a large shop window facing onto each street; a continuous fascia and moulded cornice is supported by console brackets. A plain 20th-century shop window is positioned to the right of the entrance.

The St Andrew’s Street South frontage is partly obscured by a large hoarding, although three windows are visible on the first floor: two 12-pane sashes and one 20th-century 2-light small-paned casement, all with flat gauged arches. The second floor has two sashes without glazing bars, and the ground floor has a single 12-pane sash. An entrance door with six raised fielded panels sits within a doorcase similar to that on the Risbygate Street frontage. There are also two later two-storey rear wings.

The offices, located to the right of the main entrance, occupy both upper floors of the main building. In the west end of this section, a bay of late 16th/early 17th-century timber framing remains, with exposed studding on the ground and first floors. An associated rear chimney stack features an open fireplace with a plain lintel on the ground floor, and a plastered upper fireplace with a four-centred brick arch. Several cupboard doors are made from reused square Jacobean panelling, including one upper two-panel door with a bolection moulding. Internal window shutters have sunk panels.