Description

SWAINBY WITH ALLERTHORPE GATENBY ROAD
SE 38 NW
(south side, off)
2/32 Allerthorpe Hall
5.5.52

GV I

Manor house. Dated 1608. Red brick, some stone dressings, pantile and
plain tile roofs. 2 storeys, 6 bays. Outer bays are formed by circular
towers. Shallow stone plinth. To centre a full-height gabled porch: outer
opening with 4-centred arch; inner doorway has carved wooden surround with
inscribed date and studded 9-panel door with original ironwork. Outer bays
have 4-pane leaded casements. Wide bay to left of door has tripartite sash
with glazing bars. To right of door first bay has sash with glazing bars,
bay to right of this has 2-light mullion windows. Above the door is an 8-
pane side-sliding sash. Other bays have similar windows as those below.
Gable of porch has stone coping and shaped kneelers. Dentilled eaves.
Conical roofs to outer bays, central 4 bays have hipped roof with three
lateral gabled ranges on the north side. Two large ridge stacks to rear of
front range, one to left has 4-diagonally set shafts, that to right has 6
similar shafts. To left return on first floor there is half timbering with
lath and plaster infill, lower horizontal beam is carved, original stone
mullion window to this side. Interior: ground floor - 2 early C17 panelled
rooms, above one fireplace is a 3-panel overmantel with Ionic pilasters
flanking carved arches and supporting frieze with anthemion and acanthus
motifs with cornice. First floor: early C17 panelled room with similar
overmantel as on ground floor of 2 panels. History: in 1550 Sir Thomas
Lascelles Kt conveyed Manor to a Wm Robinson, Alderman of the City of York.
It stayed in the Robinson Family until quite recent times. VCH, Vol 1 pp
378-380.

Listing NGR: SE3301786768

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17538118

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6