73 And 75, Micklegate

73 and 75 Micklegate is a house dating from around 1730, with 19th-century alterations that include a shopfront and an extension. It is possibly associated with John Riley. The building is constructed of red-brown brick in Flemish bond, featuring a timber doorcase, a stone plinth band, and orange-red brick window arches, while the rear wing is rendered. The eaves cornice is cavetto moulded, and the roof is tiled at the front and pantiled at the rear, with brick stacks.

The exterior consists of three storeys and an attic, with a three-window front. The shopfront has sunk panelled jambs and a plain cornice, along with a half canted plate glass window to the left of a recessed half glazed door with an overlight. To the right, there is a doorcase with a moulded architrave, a fluted frieze, and consoles beneath a moulded cornice hood, leading up three steps to a six-panel door with a divided overlight. The first-floor windows are tall, unequal 15-pane sashes beneath flat arches, while the second floor features 12-pane sashes, with the left end window having a box frame and heavy glazing bars. All windows have painted stone sills, and there are raised bands on the first and second floors. A fall pipe is attached to fleur-de-lys clamps.

The interior could not be inspected, but records indicate an open string staircase with turned balusters and a newel, along with a swept moulded handrail. On the ground floor, there is a moulded and keyed semicircular staircase arch with a panelled soffit on panelled pilaster responds. The staircase hall has two doorways, one with an early 19th-century architrave featuring reeded jambs and plain angle blocks, and the other with an original architrave and a six-fielded panel door. The cellar doorway has a similar moulded architrave and door. On the first floor, the front room has panelling, a moulded cornice, and a late 18th-century fireplace. There is a close string staircase leading to the attic, which has gypsum plaster floors.