Description

YORK

SE6052SW STONEGATE
1112-1/27/1019 (North West side)
01/07/68 Nos.18 AND 20

GV II

House, now shop. Mid C18, with early C19 alterations; house
renovated and wing partly rebuilt in late C20. Orange-brown
brick in Flemish bond; rear wing rebuilt in red brick; timber
shopfronts; brick eaves parapet with stone capping and brick
gable copings to plain tile roof; brick stacks.
EXTERIOR: 3-storey 2-bay front. Shopfront framed in pilasters
with moulded imposts beneath sunk-panel frieze and dentilled
cornice rising to segmental pediment in centre. Moulded stone
steps lead to paired 6-panel doors with fanlights flanked by
plate glass windows, each of 2 arcaded lights. On first floor,
window to left is shallow tripartite bow with three 12-pane
sashes and fluted frieze; window to right is 16-pane sash with
flat arch of gauged brick. Second floor windows are 12-pane
sashes with similar arches. First floor windows have raised
sill band, second floor windows painted stone sills. 4-course
raised brick eaves band beneath low parapet with pilaster
piers at ends and centre.
Rear: 3 storeys, 3 bays, with 2-storey 3-bay wing projecting
at left. Ground floor opens into glazed extension. First floor
window is bow similar to that on main front, with 12-pane
centre sash. Second floor has three 12-pane sashes with narrow
painted sills and 1-course brick arches. Returns: both have
3-course upper floor raised brick bands, that on left side
continued across rear at second floor, that on right side
across rear of wing at first floor level. Inverted bell
rainwater head on right return at junction of main building
and wing.
INTERIOR: main house has principal staircase from ground to
first floor with open string, alternate turned and twisted
balusters on stairs with panelled under sides; handrail is
swept and wreathed at foot on turned newel on shaped curtail
step: matching moulded dado rail. Round-arched window head and
radial glazing survives from staircase window, altered to
provide access to rear wing. Secondary staircase rises from
ground floor to attic, having close string, turned balusters
and newels and flat moulded handrail: bottom flight altered.
On first floor, stairwell has modillioned cornice, landing and
all rooms moulded cornices. At stair head, segmental arch on
plain pilasters with moulded imposts. Larger front room has
duck-nest grate in reeded fireplace surround with angle
rosettes in roundels and flat shelf: back room has plain
fireplace with moulded shelf. Rear wing: ground floor room
lined with raised moulded panelling. First floor has two
fireplaces with painted stone surrounds, one containing hob
grate, the other round-headed grate.

(City of York: RCHME: The Central Area: HMSO: 1981-: 222).

Listing NGR: SE6020952020

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26548011

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Recommended Books

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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)