York Historic Environment Record

YORK SE5953SW CLIFTON GREEN 1112-1/5/211 (North side) 24/06/83 No.22 GV II House. 1839 with later alterations. Painted roughcast with slate roof. Gothic cottage style. EXTERIOR: 1 storey plus attic. On the ground floor there are wide bay windows which have casements with glazing bars, and a continuous lead and glass roof which forms a central open porch. The attic is lit by 2 gabled dormers which have casements with glazing bars set in openings with pointed arches and moulded surrounds. The recessed front door has a moulded timber Tudor-arched surround, and 5 narrow panels with trefoiled heads, glazed with coloured leaded glass. The verges project at the gables. Gable chimneys. INTERIOR: not inspected. HISTORICAL NOTE: Nos 22 and 23 (qv) Clifton Green were built on a site bought by Seth Agar, grocer, at the sale of the De Grey estate in 1836, by George and Eli Horsfall, joiners. Included for group value with other buildings on Clifton Green. (An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of York: RCHME: Outside the City Walls East of the Ouse: London: 1975-: 68). Listing NGR: SE5926853056