85 And 86, High Street

NORTHALLERTON HIGH STREET SE 3694-3794 (east side) 6/15 Nos 85 and 86 (formerly listed as 9.12.69 Nos 85 and 86 (premises occupied by F Douglas and Barkers)) GV II House, now shop and offices. Mid-late C18 with later alterations. Red-brown brick in Flemish bond, Welsh slate roof. L-shaped plan, with 2-storey wing to rear left of front range of 3 storeys, 3 bays. Ground floor: passage entrance to Wheldon's Terrace to right; square C20 shop windows flanking central door. On both upper floors, sash windows with glazing bars, partly replaced by plate glass on first floor, flush exposed sash boxes, ashlar sills, flat arches of orange brick with ashlar keystones, keystones taller than flat arch on first floor, flat arches of less height on second floor. Dentil cornice. Shaped kneeler and ashlar coping to left. Rebuilt end stacks. Rear wing has, on left return: landing window and other original windows. Rear wing has, on right return: ground-floor canted bay window and first-floor window, both 16-pane sashes.

Listing NGR: SE3688594057