14, Northgate Street

14 Northgate Street is a house that has been converted into a shop with accommodation above. The building features an early 19th-century front that may be on top of a 17th-century structure, possibly incorporating some medieval elements, with 20th-century alterations. The refronting may have been done by John Palmer, the City Architect.

The front is made of painted limestone ashlar, while the rest of the building is constructed from rubble, topped with a Welsh slate roof. The plan is double depth, situated on a narrow street with a long, mostly plain north side facing Alford Lane. The building stands three storeys high, with an attic and cellars. There is a single window facing the street and one canted window at the corner. The shopfront, designed by Maracase Ltd. in 1952, features glass and chrome with plate glass windows on both sides and an entrance at the canted corner. Above the shopfront are six-over-six sash windows, a cornice, and a parapet with a mansard slope that leads to a gable. The ridge extends away from the road, and there is a double flat-topped dormer with two-over-two sashes and a stone stack with pots.

The interior of the shop does not have special interest. Historically, this house is built on the City Wall and may contain parts of medieval masonry. It is located next to the site of the Northgate, which was demolished in 1755. The refronting by John Palmer may have been part of his early 19th-century improvements to the city center, as the canted corner shares similarities with his work in nearby New Bond Street. Alford Lane was a narrow medieval lane leading to the ford that existed before Pulteney Bridge.