When the foundations of new houses were dug here in the seventeenth century, large numbers of animal horns were found, indicating the site of a Roman temple, next to the palace.

[3] In the fifteenth century, a statue of Ebraucus, the legendary founder of the city, stood where the street meets Colliergate, and served as a boundary marker; this may have been a reused Roman statue.

Historically, St Saviour's Place was regarded as part of the street.

[3] Notable buildings on the north-west side of the street include the Methodist and Unitarian churches; a masonic hall which was originally built as the city's Mechanics' Institute; 18th-century houses at 27, 29 and 31, 33 and 35; and an early Victorian range at 1–7 which was formerly a department store.

On the south-east side of the street lie the rear of Stonebow House, described by Nikolaus Pevsner as "disastrous"; St Saviour's Church, now housing the Jorvik DIG centre; Lady Hewley's Almshouses; the terrace of 16-22 St Saviourgate, built in 1740; other 18th-century houses at 24, 26, 30 and 32; and 34 St Saviourgate, with 15th-century origins.