38 And 40, Goodramgate

38 and 40 Goodramgate is a house that has been converted into two shops. It likely dates from the 15th century and was extended in the late 17th century. Number 40 was refronted in the late 18th century, while Number 38 was raised in the early 19th century. The buildings have had shopfronts and alterations added in the 20th century.

The materials used include timber framing with a painted brick front, while the rear is made of orange-brown brick in random bond and orange brick in stretcher bond. Number 38 is raised in pink-grey mottled brick in English garden-wall bond, and both buildings have pantile roofs with brick stacks.

The exterior features a three-storey, two-window front for Number 38 and a two-storey, one-window front for Number 40. Both parts have plain shopfronts with plate glass windows, glazed and panelled doors, and integral sunblinds. Number 38 includes a four-panel passage door with an overlight at the right end. On the first floor, Number 38 has one 20-pane sash window with a cambered arch of brick headers to the right and one 12-pane sash to the left, while on the second floor, there are two 16-pane sashes. Number 40 has one 16-pane sash on the first floor. Number 38 features timber guttering, and Number 40 has boxed eaves with an inverted bell rainwater head dated 1782 at the right end. Additionally, Number 38 has a Sun Insurance firemark located between the first-floor windows.

The rear of the buildings has twin gables, with three storeys for Number 38 and two storeys plus an attic for Number 40. Number 38 features a two-storey canted bay window with a moulded cornice, although the ground floor window has been altered to a doorway. There are two 12-pane Yorkshire sash windows on the first floor, while the outer lights on both floors have been bricked up, and the window surrounds are hollow chamfered. A dentilled cornice over the ground floor opening returns to the left of the bay, above a disused passage door. On the first floor to the left of the bay, there is a 20th-century inserted window beneath a residual cogged brick second-floor string. Above the bay on the second floor, there is a four-pane sash window and a small fixed light to the left. Number 40 has a 12-pane sash window on the first floor and a shuttered opening in the attic, with brick dentil coping to the gable. The interior has not been inspected.