10 and 12 Low Ousegate

Listed building in York, England September 2026 September 2026 10 and 12 Low Ousegate 16 Low Ousegate 10 and 12 Low Ousegate York 01.jpg Pair of four‑storey shopfront buildings, one in orange brick and the other in brown brick The building in 2023 53.9577 -1.0830 region:GB_type:landmark inline,title Low Ousegate, York, England yes 1810–1820 Mid-19th century (shopfront; No. 10)20th century (shopfront; No. 12) Houses with shops (former) Converted to public house (No. 10) and bakery (No. 12) Mitchells & Butlers (No. 10)Cooplands (No. 12) yes Grade II Listed Building 10 Low Ousegate 14 June 1954 1257450 y none Grade II Listed Building 12, Low Ousegate 24 June 1983 1257450 y none 10 and 12 Low Ousegate is a Grade II listed pair of buildings on Low Ousegate in York, England. Built between 1810 and 1820 as two houses with shops and formerly numbered 16, they stand on elongated medieval plots later renumbered to form the modern Nos. 10 and 12. No. 10 has a mid‑19th‑century shopfront and is occupied by the pub chain O'Neill's, while No. 12 has a 20th‑century shopfront and is used by a branch of Cooplands bakery. History The building, formerly numbered 16, was built between 1810 and 1820 as a pair of houses with shops on Low Ousegate, with a mid‑19th‑century shopfront to No. 10 and a 20th‑century shopfront to No. 12.1257450 10 and 12, Low Ousegate II 27 September 2026 The historic numbering does not correspond to the modern sequence: the former No. 16 occupied the two adjoining plots now numbered 10 and 12. Although the street was redeveloped in the early 19th century, the elongated, narrow plots of Nos. 10–12 continue to follow boundary lines established in the medieval era.York Historic Environment Record MYO1284 – 10–12 Low Ousegate https://her.york.gov.uk/Monument/MYO1284 her.york.gov.uk City of York Council 27 September 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260804030031/https://her.york.gov.uk/Monument/MYO1284 4 August 2026 live The 1851 directory of Kingston-upon-Hull and York records Joseph Hillyard, wine and spirit merchant, at No. 16.General Directory of Kingston-upon-Hull, and York, 1851 https://leicester.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/313768/rec/2 509 University of Leicester 26 September 2026 The 1885 directory for York again lists Hillyard at No. 16, and also records William Sessions, a printer, publisher, bookseller and stationer, and J. G. A. Hillyard, a solicitor, at Nos. 15–16.Directory of York, 1885 https://leicester.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/329829 181 University of Leicester 27 September 2026 The 1913 Kelly's Directory of the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire records Joseph Hillyard & Son at No. 16.Kelly's Directory of N & E Ridings of Yorkshire, 1913. [Part 2: York & Hull] https://leicester.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/82450/rec/1 46 University of Leicester 27 September 2026 No. 10 was designated a Grade II listed building on 14 June 1954, and No. 12 was first listed on 24 June 1983; in 1968 the site was included within the newly established Central Historic Core conservation area.York Historic Environment Record Conservation Area: Central Historic Core Conservation Area (Conservation Area 1) https://her.york.gov.uk/Designation/DYO1700 her.york.gov.uk City of York Council 27 September 2026 The pair stand between Nos. 4–8 and No. 14, all Grade II listed.1257445 4, 6 and 8, Low Ousegate II 27 September 2026 yes1257452 14, Low Ousegate II 27 September 2026 yes No. 10 is occupied by the pub chain O'Neill's, and January 2026 yes its freehold is owned by Mitchells & Butlers.O'Neill's, York https://camra.org.uk/pubs/oneills-york-123407 Campaign for Real Ale 27 September 2026 No. 12 is used by a branch of Cooplands bakery.Laycock Mike 24 May 2020 Cooplands reopens second baker's shop in York city centre https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/18472073.cooplands-reopens-second-bakers-shop-york-city-centre/ 27 September 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20200611193644/https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/18472073.cooplands-reopens-second-bakers-shop-york-city-centre/ 11 June 2020 live Architecture No. 10 is built of orange brick and No. 12 of brown brick, both in a similar brick pattern, with simple brick arches over the windows and a stone cornice below a slate roof. The front has four storeys and four windows. A central doorway with panelled doors and a fanlight above, reached by stone steps, leads through to the rear yard. thumb|left|alt=Shopfront with a margin‑glazed door between two small arched bow windows|No. 10's shopfront in 2018 To the left is a shopfront with plain pilasters, a simple frieze and cornice, and a blind box above. Its door has margin glazing and panels, set between two small bow windows with arched tops, thin glazing bars and panelled bases. On the first floor, No. 10 has two windows with uneven panes and No. 12 has two eight‑pane windows; above them both houses have nine‑pane windows on the second floor and short six‑pane windows on the third, all with sills and flat heads. The rear yard of No. 10 is partly occupied by a flat‑roofed infill and a glazed conservatory, providing access to a pitched‑roof building behind. Interior Internally, No. 10 has been heavily altered; at ground‑floor level many partitions have been removed to form an open trading space. The upper floors retain more of their original plan. See also Yorkshire Listed buildings in York (within the city walls, southern part) References External links 10 and 12 Low Ousegate, York O'Neill's York Category:1820 establishments in England Category:19th century in York Category:Grade II listed buildings in York Category:Grade II listed pubs in York Category:Houses completed in 1820 category:Houses in York