4-6 Whitefriargate, Hull

4-6 Whitefriargate is a former bank and adjoining houses, now shops, constructed in 1829-1830, designed by Charles Mountain Junior, with alterations in the 20th century. The building is built of brick with painted ashlar dressings, and has a concealed pitched roof, likely covered in slate.

The building forms the central block of a 29-bay terrace, aligned east-west. It is an 11-bay structure of three storeys, with a pediment and balustraded parapet, and a substantial roof cornice that conceals an eastern roof dormer and three chimney stacks. The ground floor now contains two late-20th century shopfronts; the eastern one featuring red granite and black gabbro piers and a recessed entrance, both bearing alterations in the early 21st century and an incomplete ground-floor cornice. Above the shops, the five central bays are defined by giant pilasters rising from the first floor to the pediment; the outer pilasters are Doric, and the inner pilasters are Ionic, with windows set between them. The pediment displays the arms of Thomas Ferres, who bestowed the site on Hull Trinity House in 1621, within an ornate Rococo cartouche flanked by sea gods and other maritime emblems. The centre of the first floor features five six-over-six sashed windows with moulded surrounds and pediments on scroll brackets. The first floor has three six-over-six sashes with cornices on consoles, and the second floor has three three-over-three sashed windows with brick flat arches.

Information from other sources indicates the rear of the building has not been inspected. Number 4 Whitefriargate retains eight-over-eight sashed windows on the first and second floors, a round-arched stair window, and four-over-four sashed windows on the third floor. Number 5 Whitefriargate has a rendered upper storey with 20th-century window openings and an emergency exit. Number 6 Whitefriargate retains a second-floor eight-over-eight sash window and a third-floor four-over-four sash window.

The ground floor interior is divided into storage and retail areas, featuring early-20th century columns and a basement. The upper floors are used as offices.