The York Public House

The York Public House is a public house located on Islington High Street, built in the late 18th century or early 19th century, with pub detailing likely from 1872 and a pub frontage dating to around 1900. The building features yellow brick with stucco dressings and polished granite on the pub frontage, and its roof is obscured by a parapet. It stands three storeys tall and has a five-window range facing Islington High Street.

The ground-floor pub frontage extends from Islington High Street around into Duncan Street, including a single-storey wing to the east. It showcases Corinthian pilasters made of pink polished granite, along with a fascia and cornice. The windows, which do not have the typical pub glass, feature glazing bars and metal grilles from 1872 or circa 1900. At the eastern end of the Duncan Street front, there is a recessed entrance with presumably original woodwork and decorative glass. The westernmost bay on Duncan Street displays relief-moulded and coloured tilework from around 1900, while a corner entrance has been converted into a window.

Only the facade on Islington High Street has windows on the upper floors, all of which are flat-arched with eared and shouldered architraves made of moulded stucco. The three middle windows on the first floor are flanked by pairs of engaged Corinthian columns that support an entablature and a central pediment. The southern edge of the building is marked by vermiculated quoins, and the northern edge features a curved public house signboard extending over two storeys. Below a modillion cornice and parapet, there is a stucco band with a pub inscription.

The Duncan Street facade has a stucco panel with a moulded frame for the upper storeys, and the cornice details are much simplified. Inside, there is a late 19th-century bar back with embossed coving and some decorative mirror-glass, although there have been alterations. The late 19th-century bar counter has also been modified, and all partitions and other fittings are now lost.