Petergate House

Petergate House, now a presbytery associated with the Church of St Wilfred, dates primarily to the early 18th century, with alterations and an extension in the early 19th century, and further changes in the late 19th century. The front facade is stuccoed, with lines mimicking ashlar, while the rear is of red-brown brick in various bond patterns, and the extension uses Flemish bond. The roof is slate, featuring a mansard design with shallow gabled dormer windows and brick stacks.

The main facade is three stories and attics, with seven bays. A doorcase is positioned right of centre, featuring engaged fluted Doric columns supporting an entablature with a fluted frieze, framing a six-panel door with a divided overlight. Stone steps lead to the door, recessed within a panelled reveal. A passage door, with nailed-on moulded panels in a chamfered surround and a four-centred head, is located at the far right. Windows on the ground and first floors are twelve-pane sashes; those on the second floor are shorter, six-pane sashes, all with painted stone sills. Moulded bands delineate the first and second floors. A prominent moulded eaves cornice runs along the top.

At the rear, the building is three stories and attic, with five bays. A three-story staircase bay projects centrally, and a two-story bowed extension is on the right. A six-panel door is at the base of the staircase bay, and a 20th-century three-light window is to the left. The first floor has a twelve-pane sash window to the staircase, two similar windows to the left, and all are arched with segmental brickwork. The bowed extension has three twelve-pane sash windows on each floor, with wrought-iron balconies on the first floor. The second floor features a twelve-pane sash window to the staircase, four-pane sashes to the left, and sixteen-pane sashes to the right, all similarly arched. Raised stepped brick bands are present on all floors, interrupted on the right by the bowed extension.

The interior was not inspected for this listing, but historical records suggest a stone-flagged entrance hall floor and an 18th-century staircase flanked by Doric columns. A ground-floor room on the left front is panelled in two heights, with a moulded dado rail and cornice, and a fireplace surround enriched with egg-and-dart moulding.