26 and 27, Milsom Street

Nos. 26 and 27 Milsom Street comprise two houses, dating from approximately 1761 to 1765, that have undergone alterations in 1897 and the late 20th century. They were possibly designed by Thomas Jelly, with a shopfront constructed around 1895 by J. Long and Son, Builders. The front of the buildings is faced with limestone ashlar, while the rear is a mix of ashlar and rubble construction. They have a double-pile, parapeted mansard roof covered with artificial slate to the front and Welsh slate to the rear, incorporating a coped party wall to the right of No. 27 with two ashlar stacks, some featuring early clay pots.

Each house presents a three-window front across three storeys, with an attic, basement, and is double pile. The first floor features three six-over-nine sash windows set within ovolo moulded architraves, splayed and further moulded with friezes and cornices, culminating in a pediment at the centre. The sills are not visible above the shopfront. The second floor has three six-over-six sash windows in ovolo moulded architraves and stone sills, with a six-over-one sash window centrally placed. The ground floor now features a late 19th-century shopfront, altered in the late 20th century, and visible in photographic records from the 1897 Jubilee celebrations. It includes two three-light windows with timber mullions flanking a pair of recessed glazed doors, topped with a two-tier fascia and moulded cornice with an open segmental pediment at the centre. The basement has no openings. Each house has two single dormers, one in No. 26 containing a six-over-six sash, while the others are plate glass. The buildings are finished with a modillion eaves cornice and coped parapet, and share a moulded lead hopperhead and downpipe with No. 28 Milsom Street.

The rear elevation, partially visible, features a full-height canted bay on No. 27 with six-over-six sash windows to the first floor and a six-over-six sash to the right of the second floor. Two single dormers with plate glass and six-over-six sashes are also present. No. 26 has two hipped dormers with six-over-six sashes. The interior has been opened up to create a large shop over the ground and first floors, including single-storey extensions to the rear. The first floor retains panelled shutters, while chimney breast alcoves in the rear room of No. 27 display dentils to the impost and moulded archivolts.