Description

YORK

SE6052SW CHAPTER HOUSE STREET
1112-1/27/157 (South East side)
14/06/54 No.1

GV II

Formerly known as: No.7 CHAPTER HOUSE STREET.
House, part now used as workshop. C15 or earlier in origin;
extensively remodelled in early C18; partly raised and altered
further c1840 and later. Originally timber-framed; ground
floor of coursed squared magnesian limestone; first floor of
brick, part painted Flemish bond; tiled roof, one end hipped
with eaves guttering on paired modillions; brick stacks.
EXTERIOR: 2- and 3-storey, 4-bay range. Left end bay has
6-panel door and radial fanlight recessed in round-arched
opening: to left, C20 window of paired 6-pane lights with sunk
panel shutters. Centre bays have glazed and panelled door
beneath painted stone lintel and C20 2x4-pane fixed light
window. Left end bay has 16-pane sash on first floor: centre
bays two 4-pane sashes on first floor and unequal 12-pane sash
on second floor. Right end bay has no openings. Rear to No.4
Minster Yard (qv): shallow canted bay window with 20-pane
centre sash on ground floor; on first floor, blocked window:
both have 1-course brick arches. Left gable: vestigial
timber-framing visible in gable end above No.3 Chapter House
Street (qv). Right return: 16-pane sash with painted stone
sill and 1-course flat arch on first floor. Continuous
2-course raised brick band to all visible fronts.
INTERIOR: ground floor: close string staircase to first floor
has turned balusters, square newels with attached half
balusters and heavy moulded handrail. Beneath stairs is reset
C17 door.
First floor: room at head of the stairs is lined with square
panelling incorporating two doors. End room has C18 painted
stone fireplace with plain architrave, fluted frieze and
moulded shelf: to right, cupboard door of 4 raised and fielded
panels. Secondary staircase to attic has open string and
shaped treadends, slender turned balusters and column newel,
and moulded flat handrail.
Second floor: at top of stairs, two re-used C18 panelled
doors. Roof probably originally crown post type with
longitudinal wind braces. Fragments survive behind wall
linings in bathroom and cupboard in bedroom over front door.
(City of York: RCHME: The Central Area: HMSO: 1981-: 116).

Listing NGR: SE6041052227

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26550447

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)