Building record MYO1704 - NUMBER 4 AND ATTACHED WALLS AND RAILINGS

Summary

2-4 A pair of large town houses, 1825-30, of three floors plus attics.

Location

Grid reference SE 5974 5260 (point)
Map sheet SE55SE
Civil Parish York, City of York, North Yorkshire

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Full Description

House. c1825, altered late C19. Built by Thomas Bell and William Bellerby. Brick with some stone dressings. Pantiled roof. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys plus attic. 3 bays. The windows to the upper storeys are glazing bar sashes with rusticated stone lintels. On the ground floor there are 2 late C19 bay windows under a continuous slate roof which forms an open porch. The left-hand bay has 2 sashed windows without glazing bars with segmental heads, and the right-hand bay has 3 similar windows. The attic is lit by a small flat-roofed dormer towards the left. The doorway has a segmental head with overlight, and a door of 6 raised and fielded panels. Mutuled timber gutter cornice. At the right is a lead rainwater hopper and downpipe shared with No.2 (qv), which is of the same build. Gable chimney at left and shared chimney at right. INTERIOR: not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: the garden front wall is of brick with stone copings and carries iron railings with cast finials. These return at the right-hand side to form the boundary with the garden of No.2 (qv). The front railings contain 2 gates with turned cast-iron gateposts which have ball finials. (An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of York: RCHME: Outside the City Walls East of the Ouse: London: 1975-: 64).
Listing NGR: SE5974352600

Derived from English Heritage LB download dated: 22/08/2005

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Record last edited

Sep 19 2019 2:53PM

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