20-28, SCOTCH STREET (See details for further address information)

Nos. 20-28 Scotch Street, which includes No. 1 West Tower Street, is a row of houses now serving as three shops, built in the 1820s with later alterations. The building features Flemish bond brickwork with light headers, sandstone sill bands, and a cornice. It has a graduated greenslate roof that is hipped at the corner, along with 19th-century brick chimney stacks. The structure is three storeys high and consists of five bays, including an angle bay and a four-bay return that faces West Tower Street. The layout is double-depth. The ground floor has late 20th-century shop fronts, while the upper floors feature sash windows, some with glazing bars, set in stone architraves; the upper-floor windows are smaller. The corner is rounded, and the return includes a flat through-archway. No. 1 West Tower Street has a panelled door to the left of the archway, framed by a rendered pilastered surround, with windows similar to those on the main facade on the two levels above. The rear wall displays traces of two late 19th-century painted advertisements for Sunlight and Lifebuoy.