Building record MYO715 - POSTERN HOUSE

Summary

House, built in the early 19th century.

Location

Grid reference SE 6040 5141 (point)
Map sheet SE65SW
Civil Parish York, City of York, North Yorkshire

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Full Description

House. Early C19. Red-grey brick in Flemish bond, with doorcase and eaves cornice of timber, and brick end stacks to Welsh slate roof. Central-entry plan. EXTERIOR: 2-storey 2-window front. Central doorcase of engaged fluted Doric columns, beaded panelled frieze and cornice hood: 2 steps lead to door of 6 raised and fielded panels, beneath margin-glazed overlight, recessed in incised panelled reveal. All windows are 16-pane sashes with renewed sills and flat arches of gauged brick, those on first floor cut by dentilled and bracketed cornice. Yorkshire Insurance firemark dated 1824 on first floor. INTERIOR: not inspected. (City of York: RCHME: The Central Area: HMSO: 1981-: 235).
Listing NGR: SE6040651419

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

NMR source and related object:
List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest District of York, 14-MAR-1997
BF061218 POSTERN HOUSE, YORK File of material relating to a site or building. This material has not yet been fully catalogued. Copyright, date, and quantity information for this record may be incomplete or inaccurate.

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Record last edited

Jun 30 2020 3:49PM

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