12-18, HIGH PETERGATE

12-18 High Petergate is a row of four tenements, now used as shops, flats, and a doctors' surgery. Originally dating from the 15th century, the building was reconstructed around 1905 by Temple Moore. The structure is timber-framed, with the front covered in plaster; the left side has a brick ground floor, while the upper floors are rendered with exposed framing, much of which has been renewed. It features timber shopfronts, a plain tile roof, and brick stacks with stepped brick cornices.

The building has two storeys and attics, with an eight-window front and two bays at the left end that are gabled. The first floor jetties out, showcasing exposed framing. The shopfronts are framed in posts with brackets beneath a delicate dentilled cornice and a jetty bressumer. The doors are half glazed and panelled, with radial fanlights, while the shop windows are either bowed or fixed, all featuring small-pane glazing. The first-floor windows consist of 2, 3, or 4-light square lattice casements with moulded timber mullions, and the attic windows in the gables and half-hipped dormers are similar. The interior has not been inspected.