24, St John Street

Number 24 on St John Street is a shop with living accommodation that has origins dating back to the 17th century but was refronted in the 19th century. The building features a timber frame with a rendered brick front and has both slate and tiled roofs, with a brick stack located on the right side party wall. It stands three storeys tall and has one window on the front elevation.

The ground floor retains elements of a 19th-century shop front, including a side door with a simple doorcase, a glazed door, and an overlight, along with a deep window fascia. The first floor features a centrally located 16-pane sash window with a moulded architrave, and there is a similar 12-pane sash window on the top floor.

At the rear, there is a wing that is one storey with an attic, which has windows on the south side and gable end, showing remnants of timber framing and covered with old plain tiles. The building follows a typical 17th-century urban plan, being two rooms deep, with two lateral chimney breasts and a dog-leg stair located between the rooms. There is a kitchen and a W.C. in a rear extension, which includes a slightly later one-bay extension at right angles to the rear, also featuring a steeply pitched roof.

Inside, the ground floor room (shop) has a deeply chamfered cross beam with bold stops, while the rear cross beam is enclosed in casing. The first floor displays jowled posts with straight corner brackets at the rear, and the north wall is partly timber framed. The roof consists of two bays with a central truss, and the building retains old floorboards.