Shipton Street School And Former Schoolmaster'S House Now No. 2

Shipton Street School and the former schoolmaster's house, now known as No. 2, is a school building and attached residence built in 1890, with minor alterations made in the 20th century. It was designed by Walter Brierley, part of the architectural firm Domaine & Brierley. The structure is made of red brick with ashlar dressings and features slate roofs. The school is a single storey, while the attached house is two storeys tall. Notable exterior features include a chamfered brick plinth, a moulded brick cill band, and deeply moulded eaves, along with five ornate brick chimney stacks.

The irregular street front has tall double windows at each end, both topped with crow-stepped gables. It also features round-headed windows with brick tympani and small circular windows above. Between the tall windows are alternating pairs of small windows and single tall through-eaves windows, each adorned with curved pediments, plus an off-centre two-light crow-stepped through-eaves window. The broad curved gables at either end have tall side windows and three round-headed openings in the apex.

The south front displays eight central through-eaves openings arranged as two windows, a door, two windows, another door, and two more windows. There is also a single doorway and a window on either side, along with a tall broad 20th-century chimney stack added to the design.

The east end features a tall square tower with a pyramidal roof, topped with a square cupola and a leaded ogee roof, complete with an ornate iron weather vane. This tower has three round-headed blank openings on each face.

The schoolmaster's house, No. 2 Shipton Street, boasts a broad curved gable with brick coping. The doorway to the left has a five-panel door with a three-pane overlight, while to the right is a double sash window with a link below another double sash window.

This appealing Domestic Revival style school is significant as it was the first of several important schools designed by Walter Brierley in York.