67, Micklegate

This is a mid-16th century house, significantly altered in the early 18th century, with a further extension in the early 19th century and a 20th-century shopfront. Originally L-shaped, it now comprises a front range of two unequal bays and a short rear wing which has been extended, with the angle between them infilled. The front is brick, some in stretcher bond and some in Flemish bond, now painted, and has a stone-coped parapet with a pantile roof and brick stacks. The front has a three-storey, three-window arrangement. The shopfront features reeded pilasters and a cornice with a recessed glazed door flanked by half-canted plate glass windows. First floor windows are 12-pane sashes with exposed box frames and heavy glazing bars; the second floor has two 12-pane sashes. All windows have flat arches and painted stone sills. A three-course raised band marks the second floor. A rainwater head dated 1763 is set into the parapet at the right end. The rear wing is two storeys and has an attic. Inside, part of an early 18th-century front staircase survives on the ground floor, with a close string, turned balusters, and a flat, moulded handrail. A small round-headed window is present in the rear extension’s back staircase. A front room on the first floor retains a cross beam and two spine beams, along with original floor joists. A section of the original studded rear wall is visible on the landing. The rear extension includes rooms with duck-nest firegrates, one featuring a painted stone fireplace with a moulded architrave, frieze, and mantel shelf. A dado rail with a bead and reel motif survives in the upper flight of the back staircase. The second floor of the front range is divided by a studded partition wall, possibly retaining original infilling. Corner posts with jowled heads are visible within a studded wall, alongside a blocked 2-light window. Exposed spine beams and ceiling joists are present in several rooms. One fireplace contains a late 18th-century oven and grate, with a cambered brick arch and a later chimneypiece. A half of a kerb principal roof truss is embedded in the rear wall of the front staircase, with the other half visible in the rear wing’s attic. A rear staircase with stick balusters, square newels, and a shaped handrail is retained in the rear wing. Rear wing and extension have been reroofed with collar trusses.