1 and 1a-9, College Court

This is a row of five shops and former dwellings, dating back to the 18th century. Numbers 1 to 7 have undergone alterations in the 19th and 20th centuries, and may incorporate elements of a 15th or 17th century structure. Number 9 was substantially remodelled in 1979 as The Beatrix Potter Centre. The building is constructed of brick and stucco, with slate roofs.

Numbers 1 and 1A are attached to the rear of number 60 Westgate Street and are two storeys with an attic, featuring a three-window front. They have first-floor sash windows with 6x6 panes and three 20th century dormers. A shop front dating from the 1920s is characterised by a severe style with angled brackets to the fascia, as well as a segmental brick arch over a sash window and a gabled front to number 3 with similar sashes and a 20th century casement window in the gable apex. Number 5 is two storeys with an attic, and has a two-window front with segmental arches over late 19th century sashes (2x2 panes), and a matching shop front with iron columns, plate-glass windows, splayed brackets to the fascia, and a glazed door. Number 7 is three storeys, with a three-window front. It was reconverted to a dwelling in 1953, featuring keyed flat arches over bowed tripartite windows with glazing bars, flanking a doorway with a bracketed entablature, segmental pediment, and a 6-panel door bearing the date 1953. Similar arches are above paired first and second floor sashes with 6x6 panes, finished with dentilled eaves. Number 9 is two storeys, with a shop window featuring small panes in glazing bars and a timber hood supported by knee brackets on the ground floor. The first floor has a horned sash with glazing bars (3x4 panes) and a wrought-iron bracket with a shop sign.

The interior was not inspected, but shows 19th and 20th century alterations alongside some older beams. A mid-18th century staircase with column-on-vase balusters exists in number 3. The alterations to The Beatrix Potter Centre (number 9) were designed to resemble the tailor’s shop illustrations from Beatrix Potter's "The Tailor Of Gloucester," published in 1902. Historical records suggest a building lease existed for four tenements including a hall and shop on the ground floor and a solar on a jettied upper floor; further investigation may reveal if any of this original structure remains.