Victoria Bar Chapel

The Victoria Bar Chapel, now converted into flats, was built in 1880 by William Peachey. Originally a Primitive Methodist Chapel, it is located on Victoria Street in York. The building is constructed of orange brick in both header and Flemish bond, with a red-orange brick plinth; cream-grey brick in Flemish, header, and stretcher bonds is used for pilasters, the entablature, and banding. The roof is slate, with segmental hips at each end and a conical turret over the staircase, decorated with terracotta finials.

The north-west end of the chapel is a two-story, five-bay apse, while the entrance front is a one-story, five-and-a-half bay structure, with a one-and-a-half story staircase turret on the right end. Pilasters with rusticated brickwork and moulded capitals, along with a full entablature and moulded cornice, articulate the bays. Memorial foundation stones dated 2 June 1879 are set into the pilaster plinths. The central three bays feature panelled double doors beneath fanlights in roll-moulded round arches with hoodmoulds. The left end bay has a segment-arched doorway, a double door with six sunk panels, and a cross-glazed circular window above, with a raised, shouldered and pedimented panel in the attic. The staircase turret windows are round-headed with small panes, set beneath segmental arches and moulded brick sills. A probable, defaced datestone is located above the central doorway. The upper-floor pilasters are supported by a coved cornice, and alternating bands of stretcher bond brick and diagonally-set soldier bricks are used. The three centre bays have cross windows and fanlights, with moulded brick sills over raised brick panels; the window arches are segmental with hoodmoulds and impost bands. The Newton Terrace front has two stories and six bays, interrupted by single-story bays with attics. The central bays are pilastered as on the entrance front, with similarly detailed windows. The left end bay has a tall round-arched sash window on the ground floor and a smaller fixed light in the attic. The right end bay resembles the corresponding bay on the entrance front, now featuring a 20th-century door.

The interior was altered in the late 20th century, including the removal of fixtures and fittings and the insertion of a concrete frame. However, the coved plaster ceiling remains.