Plans for rebuilding it were prepared by the local architect John Douglas in 1873 but were never executed.

More modest plans by the same architectural firm, then known as Douglas and Minshull, were submitted to Chester City Council in January 1899.

The top storey is timber framed with plaster panels, and the roof is of grey slate and is hipped to the south and to the rear.

At Row level are railings with a wooden balustrade between stone piers surmounted by capitals, and with a newel at the head of the steps.

Behind the railing is a stallboard, then the wooden walkway of the Rows, and at the rear another modern shop front.