21 AND 23, KIRKGATE

Nos 21 and 23 Kirkgate are a pair of houses built in the early 19th century. They are constructed from brown brick and feature a pantile roof. Each house has three storeys and two bays, and they are nearly identical, although No 23 has lost all its glazing bars and has one later inserted window on the second floor.

The buildings have a stone plinth and two stone steps leading to the entrance on the left, which is set in a semi-circular hooded recess. The doorcase is made of stucco and includes two narrow pilasters with individual entablatures, a plain frieze, and a cornice. Above the cornice, there is a semi-circular light with a moulded archivolt. Both houses have tripartite sash windows on the ground and first floors, with flush moulded cases and shallow segmental arched heads. No 21 retains its glazing bars except for the second-floor window on the right. Notably, No 23 was the surgery of "James Herriot," the famous literary vet.