York Historic Environment Record

YORK SE6052SW HIGH PETERGATE 1112-1/27/468 (South West side) 14/06/54 Cottage attached at rear of No.25 (Formerly Listed as: HIGH PETERGATE Guy Fawkes Cottage at rear of No.25) GV II Formerly known as: Guy Fawkes Cottage at the rear of No.26 HIGH PETERGATE. House or workshop; ground floor now used for storage, first floor incorporated into No.25 Young's Hotel (qv). Late C18, probably with earlier origins; later alterations. Rendered and white-washed brick; stone coped slate roof. EXTERIOR: 2-storey gabled front partly masked by late C19 wing linking it to No.25. To right is door of 6 sunk panels and radial fanlight with beaded iron glazing bars, in doorcase of panelled pilasters with palm leaf capitals, frieze of festooned medallions and urns, and flat cornice hood. Window to left hidden: on first floor, 16-pane sash. Front contains three round-arched niches, one containing sculpted classical bust, two containing putti, one with lyre, one with figleaf. House was formerly wrongly identified as the birthplace of Guy Fawkes. INTERIOR: not inspected. Listing NGR: SE6023852098