74 and 76, Micklegate

74 and 76 Micklegate is a house that has been converted into shops and flats. It dates from the mid-18th century and has been subdivided, altered, and extended over the years. No. 74 was raised in the early 19th century, while No. 76 underwent similar raising and further alterations in the late 19th and 20th centuries. The shopfronts were added in the 20th century.

The front of the building is made of brown mottled brick in Flemish bond, with orange-red brick dressings. It features a timber console cornice above a slate roof, which has a central brick stack. The rear of No. 74 is constructed of orange-red brick in irregular bond up to the second floor, with mottled brick above. No. 76 has been extended with dark brick in English garden-wall bond.

The exterior has a three-storey, two-bay front, with two windows for No. 74 and one for No. 76. The paired shopfronts have sunk panelled pilasters, a deep fascia with blind boxes, and a moulded cornice on grooved consoles, along with three-quarter glazed doors and plate glass windows. No. 74 features one-pane sash windows on the first and second floors, with painted stone sills and flat arches of gauged brick, although the second-floor window has been renewed. No. 76 has four-light casement windows with painted stone sills and renewed cambered arches of gauged brick. There is a raised band at the second-floor level. The rear includes paired three-storey, one-window gabled wings, with No. 74 having 16-pane sashes and No. 76 having 4-pane sashes.

Inside, No. 74 has a close string staircase leading from the ground to the second floor, featuring stick balusters, shaped tread ends, and a swept-up moulded handrail. A room at the rear has a reeded cornice. On the first floor, the doorcases are reeded with angle paterae, and the front room has a reeded cornice. No. 76 contains a late 19th-century close string staircase from the ground floor to the attic, with turned balusters, square newels, and a moulded handrail. The first-floor front room features a marble fireplace with plain pilaster jambs, a mantelshelf on consoles, and late 19th-century tiles, along with a moulded cornice.