34 and 36 Ousegate

A pair of mid-C19 commercial properties with accommodation above and each with a rear range, altered C20 and C21.

MATERIALS: hand-made red bricks, slate roof to front range, orange clay tiles to rear ranges.

PLAN: front range aligned north-west to south-east, with a central passage and two, two-storey rear ranges around 15m long.

EXTERIOR: the front facade is of three storeys and three bays, in Flemish bond brickwork, with number 36 occupying the two bays to the left. The ground floor of number 36 has a reproduction late-C19 shopfront with two windows and a recessed doorway to the left. Number 34 has a modern panelled double door and two plate glass shop windows with a brick stall riser. A passageway closed by a six-panel door with a multi-pane rectangular fanlight, is situated between the two shops. The first floor is lit by three 16-pane unhorned flush-framed sash windows with exposed sash boxes, painted wedge lintels, and projecting sills. The second floor has similar four-over-eight sashes. The roof is clad in Welsh slate, with coped gables and shaped kneelers. A truncated brick ridge stack is offset to the right. The ogee gutters and downpipes are cast-iron, and supported by a bracketed fascia board.