Description

SE 4309 HELPERBY DUNROYAL
9/21 (south side)

Dunroyal House

II

House, partly converted to farm use. Probably late C16 with C18 and later alterations
and additions. First floor front timber framed with plaster filling, C18 brick
elsewhere. High pitched swept pantile roof with right stone coping. 4-bay house, the
2nd a narrow passage bay, probably originally aisled on 3 sides with through passage
behind chimney. 2 storeys. 2 left bays largely rebuilt and roof raised. Garden
front: left side large wagon door and small late C19 projection. 1st floor early C19
sash windows. Right side: Early C19 sash windows with glazing bars and a half-glazed
door to right. Interior shows high quality timber work including moulded beams and an
early C18 staircase with cut string, 2 turned balusters per tread and ramped handrail.
Roof of stout coupled rafters with collars. The timber work is of high quality and the
moulded beams are exceptional in the Vale of York. Empty and dilapidated at time of
resurvey.

North Yorkshire and Cleveland Vernacular Buildings Study Group, Report No. 839.

Listing NGR: SE4382569868

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26484515

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments