[1][2] The building was designed by the local architect John Douglas as shop premises for his client G. Hodgkinson.

It had been intended to submit the plans to the Improvement Committee of Chester City Council at the same time as those for St Werburgh Chambers, an adjacent suite of offices for the same client.

They are timber-framed with herring-bone brick nogging and some plaster panels; they are roofed in brown tiles.

The upper storeys protrude towards street and are supported by a colonnade of seven timber posts set on sandstone plinths.

The ground floor is constructed in brick with stone dressings and the upper storey is timber-framed.

Number 15 has a modern shop front in the lower storey, and a six-light mullioned and transomed casement window above.