Description

KINGSTON UPON HULL

TA0928NE POSTERNGATE
680-1/22/301 (North side)
13/10/52 Carmelite House
(Formerly Listed as:
POSTERNGATE
Posterngate Alms Houses)

GV II

Former Hull Trinity House almshouses, now offices. 1828, with
mid C20 alterations. By Charles Mountain the Younger. Painted
stucco, roof not visible. Plinth, and entablature with coped
parapet. 2 storeys; 13-window range. The end bays are framed
by giant Doric columns in antis, with metope and triglyph
friezes. On the first floor, thirteen 12-pane sashes, the
central one with moulded surround. Below, steps with low
balustrades to central stucco doorcase with double fielded
8-panel doors, flanked on either side by 5 windows. All these
openings have cornices on scroll brackets. Above the door, a
block inscribed "Carmelite House", and similar plain blocks
over the end windows.
(Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Yorkshire: York and The East
Riding: Harmondsworth: 1972-: 273).

Listing NGR: TA0981728619

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26492129

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)