Numbers 18 And 20 Including Part Of Number 22

Numbers 18 and 20, including part of number 22, are a pair of attached houses and shops that were originally part of assembly rooms built between 1806 and 1809 by Francis Greenway, with interior work by Joseph Kay. The building was altered in 1860 by JH Hirst. It is constructed of limestone ashlar with party wall stacks and features a slate mansard roof. The structure has a double-depth plan and stands three storeys tall, with an eight-window range.

The shop fronts, added in 1860, project beneath the plain upper floors from 1809, which are arranged with a 1:2:2:3 window pattern. The second and fourth sections of the upper floors are slightly advanced, with a shallow bow on the latter. The left side has a thin cornice, while the bow features a deeper cornice. The two matching shop fronts have left-hand doorways set in shallow recesses, adorned with pilasters and semicircular arches with tall keys, slate spandrels, and doors that are set back. The door to number 18 has paired six-panel doors beneath two six-over-six pane sashes.

The right-hand side features shallow canted bays supported by slender cast-iron columns with small foliate capitals. These bays have three moulded semicircular arches with elaborate carved keys and spandrels decorated with flowers, along with plate-glass windows. The building has a dentil cornice and a parapet with pierced sections above the windows, which are topped with small semicircles. The bow has two-over-two pane sashes, while the left side has six-over-six pane sashes, and the second floor features three-over-three pane sashes. The rear elevation includes a late 19th-century first-floor window with stained glass leaded lights.

Inside, number 20 has an arcade of four semicircular arches supported by columns at the front, with a cornice running around and a coved ceiling. Number 18 features a deep balcony across the rear of the ground floor, enclosed by a wrought-iron railing. Part of the first floor is included in number 22, which houses The Clifton Club. Originally, this building was the right-hand wing of the Assembly Rooms, consisting of a pair of houses with rusticated basements as seen in number 22, and doorways located in the recessed sections.