Fishergate County Primary School

Fishergate County Primary School is a primary school built between 1893 and 1895 by WH Brierley, commissioned by the York School Board. It is of group value. The building is constructed of orange-brown brick in English bond, with a chamfered brick plinth. Windows are set in quoined surrounds of orange brick with orange brick arches, and dressings are of orange and moulded brick. The roofs are slate, hipped at the front, topped with square, louvred cupolas featuring lead sprocketed roofs, tapering finials, and tall brick stacks to the hall range. Ornate cast-iron tie rod ends are present.

The main facade has a 9-window centre range flanked by 3-window crosswings which project forward. The crosswings are quoined on the ground floor. The first floor is articulated by thin pilasters on high pedestals, the coping of which forms a moulded sillstring beneath the first-floor windows. The pilasters support a frieze and cornice of moulded brick. The main entrance has raised, shaped-panel doors recessed beneath a round arch with a lion keyblock on rusticated Ionic responds, enriched with swags, surmounted by a dentilled pediment broken by a segment-headed date panel containing the Royal Arms and the date 1894. The doorcase is flanked by narrow, unequal 10-pane sash windows with keyed segmental arches. All other windows are 18-pane sashes with cambered heads and flat arches of rubbed brick, framed in orange brick quoins; those on the ground floor have a moulded sillstring. Behind the front range rises a taller, 6-bay hall range with dormer windows featuring triangular or segmental pediments. The returns have shaped gables with tall, multi-light windows in segment-arched heads. The rear elevation is two storeys with 16 bays, mirroring the front articulation without the crosswings. A one-storey block is extruded to the ground floor, and most openings have flat or segmental arches, screened with small-pane glazing. The left return has 11 unequal bays with irregular ground-floor fenestration; at the left end is an altered, segment-arched recess blocked with 4-pane casement windows. Centre bays feature four windows of paired narrow 12-pane sashes, and a further bay to the right contains a standard 12-pane sash. First-floor windows are 12-pane sashes with a moulded sillstring. All windows have flat brick arches. The interior was not inspected.