Beverley North Bar Nos 65 And 67 (Bar House) Including Garden Wall, Piers And Railings

The North Bar, dating back to 1409, was constructed at a cost of £96 0s 11½d, and incorporates a two-storey brick structure with a room situated above the archway. The north face features buttresses framing a depressed pointed arch, above which is a late 17th-century cartouche displaying arms in carved stone. Two blind niches and one window are adorned with trefoil heads and label moulds with finials. A cogged string course runs beneath the embattled parapet. The south face displays a label mould above the main opening, incorporating three trefoil arches arranged gablewise and surmounted by a finial. There are three brick shields and two small modern windows. A cogged string and embattled parapet are accentuated by a pilaster strip resting on corbels. The interior of the main opening contains a plain brick vault following the contour of the arch, rib-vaulted in two bays with single chamfered brick ribs and a portcullis groove. Two modern side openings, situated outside the original building, provide pedestrian access.

Attached to the Bar on the east is an early 18th-century house, which was refronted by William Hawe in 1866. The house is constructed of stuccoed brick and stands two storeys high, with windows featuring moulded egg and dart architraves. A deeply moulded eaves cornice runs along the top, and the parapet incorporates vase-shaped balusters of square plan. Giant pilasters frame each elevation, topped with urns. The house has a 1:2 window arrangement on the east face, four windows on the north face, and three on the west. Each front door is encased in wood, featuring two reeded attached Doric columns, two side lights, a fanlight, a six-panel door, and an entablature broken over the columns. A plain tile roof tops the structure. A tower, with four round-arched windows, has a slated roof and delicate cast iron balustrade.

Interior features from William Middleton's alterations around 1793-4 include a chimneypiece ornamented with cast "Adam" motifs. The staircase is likely 19th century, replacing an earlier 18th-century one, and retains early 18th-century wainscot with moulded panels to dado height, a feature also present in the hall. An 18th-century staircase, originally a back stair to the two houses when they were combined, has been altered, with a closed string, plain newels, a moulded handrail, and the lower flight features 19th-century flat-cut ornamented balusters. Most door frames have early 19th-century reeded architraves.

The garden wall to the north side of the house incorporates 18th-century stonework within later brickwork. Four piers feature Doric pilasters, imposts crowned by carved consoles, an architrave, pulvinated frieze, cornice, and ball finials. Early 19th-century standard railings are set upon a brick wall, linking an old 3-metre high brick garden wall with stone coping. The structures are grouped for their collective architectural and historical importance.