25-31, Victoria Street

Nos. 25-31 Victoria Street are houses that have been converted into shops and offices. They date from the mid-17th century and feature 18th-century window designs. The buildings are timber-framed and rendered, with a central stack made of Pennant stone and brick, topped by a pantile roof. The structure has a double-depth plan with a gable facing the street and stands four storeys high with a four-window range.

The facade includes four gables with a shallow jetty above the first floor, a pantiled lean-to canopy on the second floor of No. 25, and a small cross-gable at the right end. The shop fronts for Nos. 27-31 are from the 19th century, featuring thin pilaster jambs, while No. 25 has a 20th-century shop front. The first and second floors have canted oriel windows: Nos. 27 and 29 have 8/8-pane sash windows, No. 25 has 10/10-pane sashes, and No. 31 has paired sashes with 6/6 panes in flush boxes. The third floor has 8/8-pane sashes for Nos. 27-31, a 3/6 sash for No. 25, a lozenge-shaped window with glazing bars between the two left gables, and barge-boards at the eaves. A large square stone chimney is located in the central valley with a brick stack.

Inside, No. 31 was converted to offices around 1950 and features a 17th-century open-well staircase against the party wall, complete with ball finials and pendentives on the newels and turned banisters. No. 27 has ovolo-moulded beams with cyma stops on the first floor, and a fine six-panel door leads to the second-floor front room, which contains a 19th-century cast-iron range set in a stone fireplace with a Tudor arch, stopped mouldings, and a cornice above.