Numbers 20A And 20-26 And Attached Walls Extending Along North Side Of Passage To North West

This is a row of five houses, originally almshouses, rebuilt around 1825. The construction is of coursed limestone rubble with dressings, brick stacks at the rear, and a stone slate roof. The building has two storeys and an attic, with a five-window front (2:3:1:2:1). The windows have cambered heads, some with timber lintels, and include 20th-century doors and casements. Gabled dormers are present. Numbers 20 and 19 have late 20th-century gabled porches, while Number 26 retains its original iron bracketed stone slate hood. The gables are distinguished by large, irregular quoins and 2-centre arched lunettes at their apex. The rear of the building has inserted windows and four lateral stacks. The interior is largely of 20th-century design.

Attached to the north side of the building is a rubble wall with ashlar coping that extends in an L-shape. It runs from the northwest corner of Number 26, turns to the west, and connects with the Abbey House Water Tower and Market Cross. A 19th-century lean-to faces east toward the garden of Number 26. These almshouses were originally founded around 1640 by Robert Jenner, although the endowment was lost in 1729. A corresponding range to the north was demolished in the later 19th century.