19 And 21, Micklegate

19 and 21 Micklegate is a house located in York, with its front range dating back to the late 15th century, although part of it was demolished in 1966. A rear wing was added around 1600, and the front roof was altered with jetties cut back in the early 18th century. The building underwent remodelling and had a new shopfront added in the late 19th century.

The structure is primarily timber-framed, originally featuring wall tile infill, which is now partly encased in brick. The front is finished in stuccoed brick with painted dressings and raised vermiculated quoins, while the rear range is rendered. The roofs are covered with pantiles. The front range has two bays and runs parallel to the street, while the rear extension has four bays.

The exterior showcases a three-storey, three-window front. The shopfront is framed with panelled pilasters adorned with Tudor flower roundels and features a dentilled cornice above a gableted frieze, enriched with foliar motifs, supported by coved and fluted brackets carved with acanthus leaves. To the right of the 20th-century shop window and door is an entrance door with four sunk panels and a shaped overlight. On the first floor, there is a central three-light canted bay window with a dentilled cornice, flanked by windows that, along with those on the second floor, are one-pane sashes set in shouldered architraves with moulded sills on shaped brackets. The eaves frieze band is also decorated with Tudor flower roundels.

Inside, the timber frame is largely intact in both parts of the building, except at the front. It includes a framed winder stair in the rear wing, studded cross walls, and partitions on both floors. A massive chimney stack is visible on the first and second floors. The front range features roughly chamfered original floor joists. The rear range has a wide fireplace with a side oven beneath a segmental timber lintel on the ground floor, and a fireplace with set-pot stone on the first floor, along with reset 17th-century panelling at the rear. The roof of the front range consists of three crown post trusses with clasped purlins, purlin braces, and longitudinal braces, while the rear wing roof has four collar trusses on jowled posts with sole pieces, side purlins, and longitudinal braces.