Sir Thomas Herbert's House

[1] In the mid-16th century, the Company of Merchant Adventurers of York owned a house on Marketshire, a street which was becoming known as Pavement.

[4] After the older Thomas' death, in 1614, the property passed to another merchant, John Jaques, who is believed to have rebuilt the house facing onto Pavement.

This entrance, and the whole of Lady Peckett's Yard, were accessed through a passage, under the west end of the Pavement part of the house.

[5] Around this time, a single-storey extension was added in front of the entrance on Lady Peckett's Yard, and the facade on Pavement was renovated.

He exposed the timber framing, and added new external decoration, windows and finials based on surviving examples.

The section facing onto Lady Peckett's Yard is all timber framed, but with the ground floor largely rebuilt in brick.