Porch House, Nantwich

[2] The street has many listed buildings and is known for its mixture of architectural styles,[3] including timber-framed black-and-white cottages such as the Wilbraham's and Widows' Almshouses, Georgian town houses such as Townwell House and number 83, and Victorian buildings such as the former Grammar School, Savings Bank and Primitive Methodist Chapel.

Until the early 21st century, Kingsley Fields (now a housing development) lay behind Porch House, and local historian James Hall considers that the original building might have been occupied in around 1400 by John Kingsley, a turbulent character who was a prominent Nantwich resident, holding part of the Barony of Nantwich between 1405 and 1431.

[6] Henry Wettenhall of Dorfold, a member of one of the town's most important families, inherited the Porch House mansion in 1470.

[4] In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the present building was used as a private girls' boarding and day school, which later moved to Hospital Street.

The right-hand wing is a single bay wide and projects forwards; it has a modern entrance matching the original one.