12 St Sampson's Square and 1a Church Street is a Grade II listed building in the York local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1983. Houses.

12 St Sampson's Square and 1a Church Street

WRENN ID
nether-forge-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
York
Constituency
York Central MP: Rachael Maskell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 June 1983
Type
Houses
OS grid reference
SE 603 519
Coordinates
53.95977, -1.08165
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This building, located at 12 St Sampson's Square and 1A Church Street in York, consists of two houses with shops that were constructed between 1836 and 1839. The property was refurbished and had its shopfronts replaced in 1994. It features painted brick in Flemish bond, a slate roof that is hipped towards St Sampson's Square, and includes scrolled corner brackets and brick stacks.

The exterior of both fronts is three storeys high with two windows each. There is a shop entrance situated in a canted corner between plate glass shop windows, and the shopfront extends along the Church Street side. A plain door is incorporated at the left end of the St Sampson's Square front. The first and second floor windows on both fronts are 12-pane sashes with slender glazing bars, painted stone sills, and cambered brick arches. A plain eaves frieze band and cornice supported by paired modillions can be seen. Additionally, the Church Street front features a moulded rainwater head at the left end of the cornice. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

12 St Sampson's Square and 1a Church Street receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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