20 Drybridge Street

Nos. 18-22 Drybridge Street form a range of three buildings, originally constructed in the 18th century with later additions to the rear. The front of the buildings is rendered and painted, likely concealing earlier timber-framing, and has a Welsh slate roof with rendered stacks. The buildings are arranged in a single row, parallel to the street, and extend to two storeys and attics. There are seven windows visible on the first floor, and on the ground floor, the arrangement is three windows and three doors, left: door: window: door: door: window: left. The doors are six-panelled, with a spiders-web fanlight above the door at No. 18 and three-pane overlights above the others. The first-floor windows are tripartite sashes with 6 over 6 pane glazing. The roof is steeply pitched and has three gabled dormers, each with 2 plus 2 panes casement windows—the dormer at No. 18 is smaller than the others. Three stacks are present; one on the left ridge, one on the front slope between Nos. 18 and 20 (now truncated), and one on the right gable.

The rear elevation includes a wing dating to the 17th century, shared between Nos. 20 and 22, and a lower wing to the rear of No. 18, which may be from the 19th century.

Inside, sections of a late 18th-century staircase remain on the first floor. The roof structure is a principal rafter roof with two tiers of purlins. The rear wing has a heavy queen post roof. Some plain joinery from around 1800 is still present, alongside an early 18th-century two-panel door.