Building record MYO721 - 123-125 The Mount
Summary
Location
Grid reference | SE 5937 5094 (point) |
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Map sheet | SE55SE |
Unitary Authority | City of York, North Yorkshire |
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Type and Period (5)
Full Description
Two houses, now hotel. 1833. Stucco with slate roofs.
EXTERIOR: No.123 is of 2 storeys plus attic and cellars and No.125 is of 2 storeys plus cellars. Each has a symmetrical 3-bay facade, with a narrow C20 one-bay one-storey link. The central bay of No.123 is recessed slightly. The outer bays are flanked by giant pilasters and have single-storey timber canted bay windows with cornices and with sashes divided into horizontal-rectangular panes. The 1st floor windows are similar and have architraves. The attic is lit by 3 gabled dormers with casement windows, the outer ones now of UPVC. The recessed centre contains a distyle porch, with fluted columns in antis supporting an entablature. The cornice breaks forwards on brackets at the centre to form a balcony, now without railings. The inner doorway has a divided door, and flanking lights with margin panes. The eaves are coved.
No.125 has single-storey sashed canted bay windows to its outer bays, set on panels and with cornices. The 1st floor windows are sashed, and the central bay projects slightly under a narrow pediment. The porch has corner pilasters and a cornice. The outer doorway has a semicircular head with overlight, and panelled reveals. Timber cornice gutter. At basement level C20 additions project forwards under a flat roof which forms a terrace. C20 extensions to the left of No.123.
INTERIOR: not inspected. No.125 is included in the list for the first time.
(An Inventory of the Historical Monuments of the City of York: RCHME: South-west of the Ouse: HMSO: 1972-: 127).
Listing NGR: SE5937250948
Derived from English Heritage LB download dated: 22/08/2005
NMR Information
Summary description
Two houses (123 and 125), it was an office in 1952 and is now a hotel, built in 1833. Stucco with slate roofs. Exterior: No.123 is of 2 storeys plus attic and cellars Each has a symmetrical 3-bay facade, with a narrow 20th century one-bay one-storey link.
Alternate Name
Glenholme
Hennebique House
Ambassador Hotel
613515 Architectural Survey Investigation by RCHME/EH Architectural Survey
BF060906 HENNEBIQUE HOUSE, YORK File of material relating to a site or building. This material has not yet been fully catalogued.
BF060908 GLENHOLME, YORK File of material relating to a site or building. This material has not yet been fully catalogued.
RCHME, 1972, RCHME City of York Volume III South-west of the Ouse (Monograph). SYO64.
NMR, 2019, NMR data (Digital archive). SYO2214.
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Record last edited
Mar 6 2020 2:53PM