Description

SK 80 SE WING TOP STREET (South side)

4/155 City Yard House

10.11.55

GV II

Large house, probably largely early C17, altered in later C17; a date
stone of 1622 is incorporated into a newer wall, and in the back of the
house, another date stone is of 1694. They are linked by the initials
on each; WSB and WB on the earlier, WB on the later. Coursed rubble with
stone tiled roof. Main range is of two storeys, and two bays with central
door in shallow arched stone chamfered architrave with hoodmould. Ovolo
moulded stone mullioned windows to each side. There is a coped gabled
wing to the right, with staircase projection in the angle. Newer additions
against its end wall incorporate the earlier date stone. The rear of the
house has four renewed ground floor windows, and above, one window has
plain chamfered stone surround, and another is ovolo moulded. The later
date stone is on the rear wall, and there is a sundial to the right. West
gable contains evidence of heightening of the roof, perhaps in 1694,
and is buttressed at ground floor level, the first floor window has a
hoodmould with dropped ends, and remains of ovolo moulded mullions. In the
attic, a chamfered hoodmould also with dropped ends has been cut by a
newer window and below it is a length of sill course. Coped gables. Gable
and axial stacks. Inside, two inglenooks and a domed bread oven alongside
one of them.

Listing NGR: SK8918702928

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26510662

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Recommended Books

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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)