Description

SANDSIDE
1.
1605
No 24
(King Richard's House)
TA 0488 4/83 22.12.53.

I GV

2.
House of medieval origin traditionally associated with King Richard III. Altered
C16/C17 and restored. Main part a tall gabled block of 3 storeys and attic,
stone with C16 brickwork to gable head. Pantile roof. Central 3 light stone
mullioned attic casement, drip mould: Projecting rectangular bay with hipped
pantile roof, 3 storeys high, with 12 light mullioned casements on 1st and 2nd
floor, and 3 light to left hand on ground floor with ledged door to right hand,
the whole of this bay a modern restoration, the windows inside wall are original.
Lower extension to right hand 2 storey and attic. Painted stucco. One 1st floor
window, and on ground floor half glazed C18 door and shop window, 7 panes wide
x 4, under lean-to projection. There is a reset grotesque effigy of King Richard
from Newark, protected by iron grill set in wall. Inside, on 2nd floor, the
front room has a plaster ceiling with geometrical multi-curve pattern of thin
ribs, incorporating as central featura the York rose and the popinjay - Arms
of Richard III - of late C16 date.

Nos 21 to 26 (consec) form a group.

Listing NGR: TA0488788818

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17526152

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Recommended Books

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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper