Description

YORK

SE6051NE WALMGATE
1112-1/17/1146 (South West side)
Nos.1 AND 3
Foss Bridge House

GV II

Shop and warehouse. Dated 1878. For WJ Whitehead & Co.,
Linen-drapers. Red brick, Flemish bond at front, English
garden-wall bond elsewhere; shopfront, cornice and dressings
of ashlar; slate roof with brick stacks. Wrought and cast-iron
gate.
EXTERIOR: 3-storey 7-bay front. Ground floor, framed in fluted
and rusticated Corinthian pilasters on moulded bases,
incorporates goods entrance with iron gate in shouldered
opening at left end: 2-light plate glass shop windows flank
recessed glazed and panelled double door beneath dentilled
cornice with cast-iron cresting, broken by carved console
brackets. First and second floors articulated by two tiers of
pilasters, tied on first floor by impost band, on second floor
supporting moulded architrave and eaves cornice on paired
consoles over pilasters. Cornice breaks forward on consoles
over 5 central bays and carries balustraded parapet broken in
centre by panel surmounted by segmental pediment with
acroterion and antefixae. Panel carved with building name and
date. On first floor, central windows treated as pedimented
Venetian window between coupled squat Corinthian pilasters
with keyed moulded central arch and carved frieze over side
windows. On second floor, 5 centre windows arcaded on foliate
pilasters. Windows are round-arched, 2-light casements with
transoms on first floor, 1-pane sashes on second floor, with
moulded sills or sill bands.
River front to right: 3 storeys with cellar and attics; 9
windows. Cellar windows have segmental arches and stone sills.
On ground and first floors, 6 windows at left end recessed
between 2-storey pilasters with moulded imposts, rising from
ground floor sill band and carrying arcaded second floor
hoodmould. Windows are of 2 lights, those on first floor with
transoms, with heavy lintels on ground floor and segmental
arches on first floor. Third floor windows are 4-pane sashes
with segmental arches and stone sills. 4-pane attic sash
windows rise as half-dormers into parapets with moulded
coping. The building is notable locally for its painted
advertising signs on the rear and left returns.
INTERIOR: late C19 shop fittings including counters and drawer
stacks survive on ground floor.

Listing NGR: SE6059651665

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26547911

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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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