11, Lady Peckitts Yard

This is a three-storey house, originally two houses, situated within Lady Peckitt’s Yard, York, initially dating to the 15th century but largely rebuilt around 1700. A late 19th-century extension was added, with early 20th-century alterations and partial rebuilding following. The house was rebuilt for John Peckitt, who served as Lord Mayor of York in 1702.

The building is constructed around a timber-framed core, with a chamfered plinth of orange-red brick in Flemish bond at the front, and a garden-wall bond to the rear. The 19th-century extension is of orange brick in stretcher bond, while later alterations and rebuilding employ various brick bonds. The roof is tiled with pantiles and features brick stacks.

The front of the building is L-shaped, consisting of a 15th-century bay to the right and a three-bay extension wing to the left. The extension wing features a 20th-century door to the left, with two four-pane sash windows to the right. An oeil-de-boeuf window, set within a cogged brick surround, is located at the right end of the wing. First and second floor windows are two-light square lattice casements, all within flat arches of gauged brick. A heavily moulded brick cornice projects boldly below the second-floor windows, supported on scrolled and foliated consoles. Blind oeil-de-boeuf windows, also within cogged brick surrounds, are positioned above the door and to the right of the second-floor window. A moulded brick cornice runs below the second floor, continuing over the front of the 15th-century range.

The 15th-century range has a through passage on the ground floor. The first and second floors contain a full-height lugged panel of raised brick, incorporating a square-headed Venetian window on each floor.

The rear of both sections features 20th-century doors and cross windows with square lattice casements. The extension has first and second-floor four-pane sashes with stone sills and cambered brick arches.

The wing’s interior staircase rises from the ground floor to the attic, with a moulded close string, treads with sunk panel risers, bulbous balusters, a heavy moulded handrail on square newels with pendants and ball finials. The stairwell and first and second-floor passages are lined with moulded dado panelling. A blocked doorway, featuring a pulvinated frieze and moulded cornice, is located at the foot of the stairs. A two-panel door is present on the landing between the first and second floors. A ground-floor room has panelling in three heights, with a moulded cornice. A semicircular alcove cupboard is set within a keyed round-arched architrave, supported by tall pedestals with shaped scroll-bracketed shelves. A two-panel door on a half H-hinge is situated in the first-floor passage, while the doorcase to the room within the 15th-century range also features a pulvinated frieze and cornice hood. A second-floor room is lined with moulded panelling in two heights, topped by a pulvinated cornice, and includes a fireplace with a pulvinated frieze, cornice shelf, and panelled overmantel. The roof structure features cranked principal trusses with collars.

The first floor of the 15th-century range displays exposed timber framing, including posts, a dragon beam, joists, and chamfered and stopped beams. A plastered fireplace has a chamfered and stopped segmental arched surround.