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Nos. 13–16 High Street were built in 1773–4 by John Gwynn to form the frontage to the new covered market and were known as "New Parade". There is an avenue into the market in the centre of this group between Nos. 14 and 15, and one each side. The group of four shops is Grade II listed (ref. 1485/310).
At the time of the 1851 census Nathaniel Castle, the hatter who ran his business at No. 13, lived upstairs with his wife and his apprentice Robert Juggins, two servants, and two student lodgers.
The upstairs of No. 13 was home to the Gridiron Club from 1890 to 1913 (when it moved to premises over the Midland Bank near Carfax). The 1901 census shows Edwin Cross, the club manager, living at the club with his wife and four servants: a housemaid, kitchenmaid, kitchen porter, and page boy.
| Occupiers of 13 High Street | |
| By 1830–1852+ | Nathaniel
Castle Hatter, hosier, etc. |
| 1861 | Mrs Castle |
| 1866–1880 | John
Juggins Hatter & hosier |
| 1882–1903 | Miss
Alice Slade Milliner, florist, &c. |
| 1904 | Part of City Drapery Stores |
| 1905–1912 | Johnson
Bros. Dyers Bradbury & Hay Tailors |
| 1913–1914 | Johnson
Bros. Dyers James E. Hall Tobacconist |
| 1915 –1923 | Johnson
Bros. Dyers Sydney Herbert Jones, Tobacconist (1915–1918) Charles P. Webber, Art Needlework Department (1919–1923) |
| 1925–1971 | C.
P. Webber (see also Nos. 9, 10–12, and 15) |
| 1973 | Costa
International Menswear (also at 9–12) |
| 1975–1976+ | Stag Shop Men’s wear |
| By 1995–present | Skipton Building Society |