Description

YORK

SE6052SW LOW PETERGATE
1112-1/27/587 (North East side)
14/06/54 No.54
Freshney's Hotel
(Formerly Listed as:
LOW PETERGATE
Nos.73 AND 74
Galtres House)

GV II

Two houses, now hotel. First house early C18, altered and rear
wing added in late C18; second house c1785 with C19 wing.
Second house built for Thomas Brook, already occupying the
first.
MATERIALS: orange brick front in Flemish bond on painted stone
plinth to both houses; timber doorcases and cornice; slate
roof to first house, hipped tiled roof to second one: brick
stacks. Wing to first house of orange-brown brick in stretcher
bond with tiled roof.
EXTERIOR: 3-storey 3-window front to first house to left;
1-window front to later house. Each house has doorcase with
narrow pilaster jambs, fluted impost band and flat hood on
attenuated grooved brackets: doors are of 6 raised and fielded
panels beneath fanlights with glazing bars. Both houses have
1-pane sashes beneath painted full-width fascia board on
ground floor. First house has 12-pane sashes on first floor,
4-pane sashes on second floor: later house has 16-pane sash on
first floor, squat 6-pane sash on second floor: all have flat
arches of gauged brick. All windows have painted stone sills.
First house has 3-course raised brick bands to first and
second floors. Common dentilled and modillioned eaves cornice
with initialled inverted bell rainwater head between houses.
Rear: first house has narrow 2-storey staircase window with
glazing bars; unequal 15-pane sash on first floor, 16-pane
sash on second floor, both with segmental arches. Wing is of 2
storeys, gabled at rear, with 12-pane sash window on first
floor. Second house has 16-pane sash on first floor, 12-pane
sash on second floor, both with segmental arches. Continuous
console cornice to eaves of both houses.
INTERIOR: not inspected. RCHM records some late C18 fittings
including the first flight of the staircase; the upper flights
are early C18 with turned balusters, a close moulded string
and heavy handrail.
(City of York: RCHME: The Central Area: HMSO: 1981-: 187).

Listing NGR: SE6035552079

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26548788

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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)