1-9, York Street

SHEFFIELD

SK3587SW YORK STREET 784-1/24/800 (West side) Nos.1-9 (Odd)

GV II

National Provincial bank, now offices and shop. c1890. Ashlar with ashlar dressings, granite plinth and columns and slate roof. 3 ornate coped stone side wall stacks. Renaissance Revival style. EXTERIOR: plinth, pilasters, first floor and eaves cornices, coped parapet, single coped gable. 2 storeys plus attics; 5 window range. Windows are cross casements with stone mullions. Corner entrance has octagonal piers with ball finials flanking a 4-light canted oriel window with a strapwork balustrade, crest and finial. Moulded round-arched doorway with late C20 double doors and decorated spandrels. Above it, a carved stone coat of arms. Framing the door, 2 round granite piers with dies. Left return, to High Street, has octagonal flanking piers with ball finials. Above, a single light round-headed window with segmental pediment on brackets, and above it, an elaborate pedimented dormer with a tiny oriel bow window. Below, a 3-light cross casement flanked by round granite piers with dies. Right return, to York Street, has rusticated pilasters to the ground floor. Square projection with two 3-light windows on each floor, the lower ones taller. To left, a 3-light window and below, two taller 2-light windows. To right, a flush single storey range with two 3-light windows and to right, a square headed doorway flanked by double pilasters. Above it, a moulded panel and a small 2-light window with a balcony. Above and behind this range, a set back clerestory with two 3-light mullioned windows. INTERIOR not inspected. Included for group value.

Listing NGR: SK3546087462