37, Monkgate

37 Monkgate is a house, now used as offices, built around 1847, with some elements dating back to 1794. It was likely designed by G.T. Andrews for Joseph Buckle. The building is constructed of brick in Flemish bond, featuring a stone plinth and some painted stone dressings, topped with a hipped slate roof.

The exterior has three and four storeys. The facade facing Monkgate is divided into two sections by giant pilasters with stone bases and caps, which rise from a first-floor sill band. It has a stone plinth and a moulded gutter cornice. The right side of the facade, a remodelling of the 1794 structure, has four storeys with two glazing bar sash windows on each floor, and the second-floor windows are set above a sill band. The left side of the facade has three storeys, featuring one glazing bar sash window on each upper floor and a second-floor sill band. On the ground floor, there is a painted stone doorway with flanking lights, topped by an entablature with a central pediment supported by pilasters. The plain piers beside the door once had Ionic columns. The door itself has four panels, and the rectangular overlight is divided into three panes. There are chimneys located near the centre of the ridge and in front of the ridge on the right.

The left-hand return facade has three storeys plus an attic and consists of five bays, divided into three panels by pilaster strips. It includes a central round-headed stair window that rises through the ground and first floors.

Inside, the entrance hall, which is now partitioned, originally featured an Ionic columned screen and a stone staircase with an ornate cast-iron balustrade and a moulded wooden handrail from around 1847. There is also a secondary staircase dating from 1794.