Numbers 8 And 10 And Attached Railings And Gates

Numbers 8 and 10 are a pair of houses, accompanied by attached railings and gates, dating from around 1855. Number 10 was later extended at the rear during the 19th century. Designed by G.T. Andrews, the buildings now function as offices. They are constructed of pink-cream mottled brick in a Flemish bond pattern on the front and left side, and an English garden-wall bond on the rear and right side, with painted stone banding and timber doorcases. The building features a modillion eaves cornice and a slate roof with brick stacks. Cast-iron railings with flower-bud tips are set on a stone plinth.

The houses have a basement and three storeys, with a two-window front to each. Short stone steps lead to the doorcases, which consist of sunk-panel pilasters, friezes with paterae, cornice hoods on foliate consoles, and 6-panel doors. Above each door is a radial fanlight recessed in a round-arched architrave with moulded imposts and panelled reveals. To the left of each door is a three-light canted bay window rising from the basement; Number 8 has single-pane sashes, while Number 10 has eight- and twelve-pane sashes. On the upper floors, all windows are twelve-pane sashes, the first-floor windows being taller, all beneath cambered brick arches. A sill band runs across both upper floors. The rear of the property features a two-and-a-half-storey projecting wing with pent roofs and twelve-pane sashes with stone sills and cambered brick arches.

The interior was not inspected. Nos. 8 and 10 appear on Nathaniel Whittock's Bird's-eye View of York from the 1850s, and likely formed part of G.T. Andrews’ planned scheme for the newly opened Priory Gardens, which previously comprised the grounds of the former Holy Trinity Priory.