Description

TA 24 NW HORNSEA SOUTHGATE
(west side)

11/39 The White House

GV II*

House. c1674, extended C18; for the Acklam family. Brick and cobbles,
rendered and colourwashed. 2 storeys with cellars and attics, originally 4
bays 2:1:1 with later extension to left. Central direct entry plan with
original outshut for staircase to rear, later extended to right to form
scullery. High chamfered plinth, cut down in places in late C19. 6-panel
door with overlight under segmental head. Two 4-pane sashes to left, one to
right. Cavetto-moulded first floor band. Three 4-pane sashes to first
floor. Extension to left: ground floor has 4-pane sash to right, tripartite
sliding sash with glazing bars to left. 1st floor: 4-pane sash to right.
Rear elevation: 3-light wooden mullioned window with leaded panes,
incorporating central roundels, to staircase wing. Stepped brick eaves
cornice, roof dormer with sliding sash with glazing bars, end and axial
stacks. Raised gables. Interior: this house possesses a number of original
features including the following: ground floor, right room: overmantel with
pilasters and cornice enclosing oil painting (on boards) of a naval battle.
Round headed alcove to right. Ground floor, left room (probably former
kitchen): flanking cupboards to fireplace. Closed string stair with bay
leaf and riband frieze to string, newels with ball finials and turned
pendants, and moulded handrail. The bottom newel is supported by a console
bracket enriched with stylised bay leaves. First floor, right room:
bolection-moulded fireplace and overmantel with pilasters and cornice
enclosing a painting of Moses striking the rock. Left room: bolection-
moulded fireplace and overmantel with pilasters, enriched with drops, and
cornice, enclosing a painting of Noah and the Ark. The majority of doors in
the house have bolection-moulded panels and are hung in eared architraves.
Cupboard doors are also late C17/early C18 and retain their original hinges.
There is a cellar beneath the stairwell and a pantry beneath the stair
itself: the pantry door is three-panelled on iron hinges and is likely to
represent the original pattern of the other doors of the house. The Acklams
were a noted Quaker family and one of the first to be convinced in the East
Riding. The grave-markers (q.v.) of several early members of the family
survive in the garden to the rear.

Listing NGR: TA2018147340

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17555035

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