Building record MYO842 - TERRY MEMORIAL HOMES NUMBERS 1 AND 2

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Grid reference SE 6021 5142 (point)
Map sheet SE65SW
Civil Parish York, City of York, North Yorkshire

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Pair of almshouses, now craft centre. Dated 1899. By WG and A Penty. Pink mottled brick in English garden-wall bond, with orange-red brick quoins and dressings; ashlar steps and buttress bases; stone coped gable ends with brick kneelers, and brick end stacks to tiled roof. STYLE: Arts and Crafts. EXTERIOR: 1-storey 3-bay front, with battered angle and intermediate buttresses. In centre, paired doors with small-pane glazed lights, beneath flat arches of gauged brick with ashlar keyblocks. To left and right, 4-light canted bay windows with small-pane casements. Modillion eaves. Right return: commemorative cartouche set in extruded chimney stack, with date in low relief. Inscription on either side of cartouche reads: "THESE ALMSHOUSES WERE ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION TO THE MEMORY OF THE LATE SIR JOSEPH TERRY". INTERIOR: not inspected.
Listing NGR: SE6014351610

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

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Sep 30 2014 5:24PM

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