21 and 23 Bootham is a historic building on

Bootham Bootham is a street in the city of York, England, leading north out of the city centre. It is also the name of the small district surrounding the street. History The street runs along a ridge of slightly higher ground east of the River Ouse, Yo ...

, immediately north of the city centre of

York York is a cathedral city in North Yorkshire, England, with Roman Britain, Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers River Ouse, Yorkshire, Ouse and River Foss, Foss. It has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a Yor ...

in England. The building was constructed in the late 17th century, as a house, with an L-shaped plan. An extension in the 18th century gave it a square plan, then in the 19th century, the ground floor was converted into two shops, the upper windows enlarged, and the front plastered. Between 1992 and 1993, the building was extended and partly rebuilt. It has been

grade II listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, H ...

since 1968. The building is built of brick, that at the front being reused from an earlier structure, and the roofs are

pantile A pantile is a type of fired roof tile, normally made from clay. It is S-shaped in profile and is single lap, meaning that the end of the tile laps only the course immediately below. Flat tiles normally lap two courses. A pantile-covered roo ...

d. It has two storeys and an attic, and is five windows wide. The original central doorway survives, flanked by 19th-century three-paned windows, while the first floor has

sash window A sash window or hung sash window is made of one or more movable panels, or "sashes". The individual sashes are traditionally paned windows, but can now contain an individual sheet (or sheets, in the case of double glazing) of glass. History ...

s, and there are three dormer windows in the attic. There are ornated drainpipes at each end. At the rear there are two bays, the one on the right being taller. Inside, the two front rooms on the first floor have their original plastered ceilings and wall paintings, a diaper pattern in blue and black.

Historic England Historic England (officially the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England) is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. It is tasked with prot ...

states that these are "said to be of good quality and technique and nationally comparatively rare. Nothing comparable survives in York".

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bootham, 21 and 23 21 and 23 Grade II listed buildings in York Houses in York