7, St Sampsons Square

No. 7 St Sampson's Square is a house that is now part of a department store. It likely dates from the early 16th century, with a staircase added in the mid 17th century. The jetties were cut back and the front was reworked in the early 18th century, with further alterations made in the early and later 19th century, and a shopfront added in the 20th century. The building is timber-framed, with a front made of buff-orange brick laid in Flemish bond and features a timber eaves cornice. The roof is slated at the front and has pantiles at the rear.

The building plan is two bays wide and two bays deep, with a staircase extension at the rear. The exterior is three stories high with a two-window front. The shopfront includes a passage archway at the right end. All upper floor windows are 16-pane sashes with narrow sills and flat arches made of gauged brick. There is a three-course raised brick band at the second floor, and a dentil and modillion eaves cornice with an inverted bell rainwater head towards the right end. A Yorkshire Insurance firemark is located between the second-floor windows.

Inside, there is a staircase with a close string, bulbous balusters, square newels with attached half balusters, and a heavy moulded handrail. The timber frame is largely intact, featuring braced posts and exposed studded walls on the first and second floors, along with blocked windows in the second floor and attic cross walls. The roof consists of braced raked queen strut trusses with collared rafters and purlin braces.