Habitat - Coppergate end

I suppose I could have an alternative title for this blog of "Lift your eyes above the ground floor" and this of course would be a prime example. Boring Habitat shop on the ground floor but wonderful Victorian architecture above. Notice how the decoration above the arched window on the first floor swells into the base of the bay window and the arch window motif is repeated again with two small arched windows in the attic. The red brick of the second floor contrasts nicely with the stone facing of the first floor and the building corners.

DIG - St. Saviourgate

This fine looking old church of St. Saviour in St. Saviourgate houses an attraction run by York Arachaelogical Trust called DIG. You can take part in a simulated excavation and unearth items from Roman, Viking, Mediaeval and Victorian periods. It is open every day except over Christmas when it shuts 24 - 26 December.

It stands in the shadow of York's ugliest building.