The building dates from the mid- to late 15th century,[1] and is said to be the oldest surviving intact medieval house in Chester.

In the 1950s the Chester Civic Trust campaigned for its survival, it was restored, and has since been used as a clothes shop and, more recently, as a restaurant.

[3] The building is timber-framed on a sandstone plinth with brickwork added later which has subsequently been rendered and painted.

The northern part has a separate cabin or chamber adjacent to the street with the walkway between its rear and the rest of the building.

On the street side of the chamber is a three-pane canted oriel window and a door.