Description

NORTH YORKSHIRE
SCARBOROUGH
5341

SE 9683 WYKEHAM A 170
(north side)

14/115 The Downe Arms

18.1.67
GV II

Inn. c1800, with later C19 alteration and extension; further extension in
C20. For the Wykeham estate. Dressed sandstone to front and right side;
coursed rubble sandstone to left side and rear; timber eaves course; pantile
roof. Central-entry plan, 2 rooms deep; rear service wing added before
1850. 3-storey front, of 3 recessed, round-arched bays. Central door of 6
flush panels beneath radial fanlight, in plain round-arched surround. 12-
pane sash over door. Ground and first-floor windows in flanking bays are
tripartite sashes; segment-headed 6-pane sashes to second floor. End stacks
at base of hipped roof. Rear: radial-glazed staircase window to right of
centre. Interior: closed-string, dogleg staircase rises through house to
second floor. Moulded handrail ramped-up, with reeded balusters, and some
re-used C18 turned balusters between first and second floors. Moulded
plaster cornice to staircase hall and ground-floor passage. Doors of 6
raised and fielded panels. Ground-floor room to right has fireplace with
moulded surround and fluted cornice, flanked by alcove cupboards with
panelled doors. Moulded dado rail.

Listing NGR: SE9642883354

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26602448

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
• 
  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
• 
  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
• 
  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
• 
  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
• 
  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings