75 and 77, Bootham

Two houses, numbers 75 and 77 Bootham, York, were built in 1770 and significantly altered in the 20th century. They are now retail shops, flats, and a guest house. The houses are constructed of brick in Flemish bond, with painted stone dressings. They have a slate roof and feature a first-floor sill band. Number 77 has a modern shopfront on the ground floor with a corner doorway and plate glass display windows on the front and return walls. A wide, modern bay window on the first floor interrupts the sill band, and the second-floor windows are modern casements with external louvred shutters. Number 75 has glazing bar sash windows to the upper storeys, with a modern shopfront below. A rainwater pipe with a lead hopper dated 1770 is located to the left of the central bay. The central bay features windows with external louvred shutters, a sash window on the second floor, and paired doorways beneath a dentilled cornice hood, enriched frieze, and carved console brackets. The glazed doors are modern. A modillioned and dentilled gutter cornice runs along the top. There are two axial chimneys on the ridge. The interior of number 75 was not inspected, but records suggest an original staircase with turned balusters and newels. Number 77 (formerly number 79) was first listed on 19th August 1971.