1 (PART), 2, 3 AND 4, SKELDERGATE

This building, located at Skeldergate in York, consists of shops and offices constructed in 1892, as indicated by the rainwater head, and underwent renovation in 1991. It features red brick in English garden wall bond, accented with blue brick, and has a corbel cornice made of moulded brick. The slate roof is complemented by brick stacks and a half-ogee roof of lead over an ashlar oriel window.

The exterior showcases a three-storey, four-bay front, with the right end bay rising to three storeys and an attic. Both end bays are gabled and topped with ball and pedestal finials. The openings in the end bays are recessed and framed by full-height semicircular arches supported by pilasters, which are corbelled out at the first floor level. The ground floor shopfronts are framed by panelled pilasters with fluted inserts, moulded imposts, and grooved console brackets beneath dentilled cornices. The glazed shop doors are positioned to the left of the windows, which rest on low panelled risers.

The right end bay features a four-light mullion and transom oriel window on the first floor. On the second floor, there are paired one-pane sashes beneath twin four-centred arches, which are corbelled in the centre and pilastered on each side. The attic contains paired small one-pane sashes with a continuous sill and lintel. Other windows are either single or paired four-pane sashes with ashlar sills beneath cambered arches made of moulded brick. The top floor window in the left end bay is a narrow round-arched four-pane sash. A rainwater head is supported by moulded brick brackets at the left end.

Inside, there is a close string staircase featuring slender stick balusters, a moulded and ramped-up handrail, and turned newels.