Description

YORK

SE5951SE THE MOUNT
1112-1/20/1074 (South East side)
14/06/54 Nos.77 AND 79
Abbey Park Hotel
(Formerly Listed as:
THE MOUNT
No.77
Abbey Park Hotel)

GV II

Two houses, now hotel. 1831/32 and designed by Peter Atkinson
for Alderman William Dunsley. Brick with painted stone
dressings and slate roof.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys plus an attic storey and cellars. The
facade to The Mount is of 3 bays and has a painted stone
plinth, a cornice below the 2 attic windows, and a gutter
cornice. The windows are glazing bar sashes with painted
lintels. The central window on the ground floor is a
restoration: an RCHM photograph shows a doorway in this
position. Chimney to right. Adjoining to the right is a second
former house, also part of the hotel. It is lower, of 3
storeys and 2 bays. The ground floor has C20 polished stone
cladding and a glazed entrance. The upper storeys have glazing
bar sashes with painted rusticated lintels with a leaf pattern
on their keystones. Further C20 additions to the right. The
left-hand return wall of No.77, facing Park Street, is similar
in detail to the 3 bays facing The Mount. It is of 4 bays,
plus a right-hand bay which is blank except for a ground-floor
window. The windows are glazing bar sashes, except for the 2
left-hand attic windows which are centre-pivoted. The 4th
window on the 2nd floor is a blind glazing bar sash. Only the
windows to the 3rd and 4th bays, above the wide entrance, have
painted stone or stucco lintels. This entrance has 2 engaged
Greek Doric columns in antis with fluted necking, a plain
frieze and cornice, and flanking lights. The glazed door is
C20.
Adjoining to the left is a 3-bay C20 extension in a similar
style.
INTERIOR: not inspected: RCHM record Italian marble fireplace
for the drawing room; black Kendal marble fireplace for the
dining room.
No.79 is included in the list for the first time.
(An Inventory of the Historical Monuments of the City of York:
RCHME: South-west of the Ouse: HMSO: 1972-: 127).

Listing NGR: SE5954551194

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26547960

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Recommended Books

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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)