22, Abbeygate Street

22 Abbeygate Street is a former house and shop, now used as a shop and offices. It dates from the 18th century and has later rear extensions. The building is timber-framed and rendered, topped with a plaintiled roof featuring a wooden modillion eaves cornice and two flat-headed dormers.

The exterior is two storeys high, with attics and cellars. The dormers have sash windows with a single vertical bar, and lead roofs and cheeks. The upper storey features three large-paned sash windows with hood-moulds and stucco aprons. The ground storey has a late 20th-century double shop front that slightly overlaps with No. 21.

Inside, there are no visible original features. The cellars, which are now occupied as a wine bar, extend below No. 23 and the former No. 24, and have been completely modernised. A large L-shaped extension at the rear has a mid-20th-century part that is accessed from Lower Baxter Street. The building is part of a significant group in Abbeygate Street and is included for its group value.