Bowes Morrell House

Bowes Morrell House, located at No. 111 Walmgate in York, is a house that has been converted into offices. It dates back to around 1400, with later extensions, including one from the late 17th century, and was restored in 1966. The building features a timber frame with plastered infilling and pantile roofs, while the 17th-century extension is made of orange brick laid in random bond, with a brick-coped gable of tumbled brick, a brick stack, and a gabled dormer.

The house has a hall and crosswing plan, with extensions on both sides. The exterior showcases a two-storey, two-window gabled crosswing facing the street, which has a jettied first floor, alongside a two-storey, one-bay hall to the right. The hall features a 20th-century board door and single light windows on both floors of the crosswing. On the left side, there is a two-storey, three-bay crosswing to the right of a two-storey, three-bay extension. The crosswing includes casement and fixed or pivoting single light windows, while the extension has unequal nine-pane sashes on the ground and first floors, with a blind third bay and a raised brick first-floor band.

Inside, the hall has full-height posts, roughly chamfered rails, and wall plates, with three-quarter round moulded joists supporting an inserted floor. The roof features a crown post truss at each end, with cross braces and longitudinal braces. The crosswing has chamfered beams, one of which is shaped and enlarged, along with mostly original rough joists on the ground floor. On the first floor, full-height posts support four crown post roof trusses with slightly cambered tie beams and tenoned rafters. The 17th-century extension includes chamfer-stopped beams on the ground floor and a large brick hearth beneath a segment-arched timber bressumer; the first-floor room has a small round-arched brick fireplace with a reset basket grate. The roof consists of principal trusses with collared rafters and single purlins.