21 Newgate Street

21 Newgate Street is a bank building dated 1901, originally constructed for the York City and County Bank. The ground floor is made of grey granite, while the upper level features bright red Flemish-bond brick with ashlar dressings. The roof is covered with Lakeland slate and has stone gable copings, along with brick and ashlar chimneys.

The building has two storeys and five windows. The ground floor showcases continuous banded rustication, with voussoirs above a renewed door on the left and four windows that include transom lights and recessed aprons. There is a c1960 fascia with "MIDLAND BANK" superimposed on the granite, which may conceal original details behind it. The upper storey features tall, closely spaced cross windows with leaded lights, stone architraves, and two linking bands, with a broader lintel band. The eaves have a modillioned gutter cornice. A broad, curved rainwater head, marked with the date and initials YCCB, is located between the second and third windows. The roof includes casements with glazing bars in two dormers that have segmental heads. The right gable has coping, and there is a tall chimney between the second and third bays, featuring ashlar band strings, a cornice, and angle pilasters, along with a smaller chimney at the right end.