It was built for Thomas Jones Rowe, tailor and outfitter.

[2] The front is designed in the 13th-century Gothic style, with a base of brown Whitby stone, two windows are supported by pillars of Irish red marble and Scottish granite in white and blue overhead.

The first floor provided offices and cutting-rooms and was used for the display of goods.

The second floor, reached by a staircase contained a retiring room for patrons.

It has been described as "a wild version of William Burges.”[3] Thomas Jones Rowe died in 1895 and by 1902 it was occupied by William Malin Hunt, Sons & Bright, electrical engineers, valuers and surveyors.