22 Cross Street

22 Cross Street is part of a row of buildings that includes Nos. 22, 23, and 23A, constructed from yellow brick with some red brick dressings and terracotta details. The building features a natural slate roof with yellow brick stacks and has a double depth plan with shops on the ground floor and houses above. It is two storeys high with attics and has seven bays in total, arranged as 2 + 2 + 3.

The ground floor has two shopfronts with entries to the left and one with a central entry for No. 22, along with house entries to the right of Nos. 22 and 23. The shopfronts are largely original, showcasing large vertical panes framed by slim timber mullions and small lights above. Each shopfront is framed by pilasters, making a total of six doors, which feature paired consoles and elaborate terracotta heads with swags and pedimented caps. Each shop has a fascia, while the house doors are six-panel with keyed elliptical heads.

On the first floor, additional pilasters rise to a coved cornice with paired console caps. There are seven windows in total: two for No. 23A, two for No. 23, one above the door for No. 22, and one above the door for No. 22. All windows are 2 over 2 pane sashes with curved meeting rails on the underside, and the tops of the upper sashes are divided into small panes, except for those of No. 23A, which are now plate glass. Above No. 22 is a canted oriel window with a coved base and pedimented head, featuring sashes as previously described. The building has a coved cornice with deeply projecting eaves and a plain roof that includes four gabled dormers. These dormers have 1 over 2-pane sashes, with the upper pane divided into small panes, and feature pedimented gables with finials, along with large stacks on either gable.

The rear elevation has not been inspected, and the interior was not inspected during the resurvey.