Description

YORK

SE6051SW SKELDERGATE
1112-1/21/913 (South West side)
14/06/54 No.56
Skeldergate House Hotel

GV II*

House, now hotel. c1777-8, altered and part demolished c1925.
Probably by John Carr for Ralph Dodsworth, Sheriff and Lord
Mayor of York.
MATERIALS: orange-red brick in Flemish bond, with window
arches of gauged brick; painted ashlar dressings and timber
eaves cornice; slate roof with brick stacks.
PLAN: originally central-entry plan.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attic; 5-window front, gable to
street. Open-pedimented doorcase with fluted pilasters,
moulded imposts and frieze block roundels; octagonal-panel
double door beneath plain fanlight in keyed round-arched
surround with sunk panel pilasters. To left, two 4-pane sashes
with flat arches of gauged brick; to right, flat arched
carriageway broken through to rear of building. First floor
windows are 12-pane sashes with sill band, over raised first
floor band, which returns on right side. Centre window has
eared and lobed architrave with pulvinated frieze and moulded
cornice; flanking windows have floating cornice above flat
arch. Second floor windows are squat 6-pane sashes, the centre
one in eared and lobed architrave, the flanking ones with
painted stone sills and flat arches. Moulded eaves cornice to
pedimented gable end. Radial-glazed oculus in painted ashlar
moulding in gable end. Pediment flanked by low parapets with
moulded coping terminating in urn finials. Rear: pedimented
gable end with moulded cornice, enclosing lunette window.
Right return: Venetian staircase window with radial-glazed
centre sash. Moulded eaves cornice.
INTERIOR: ground floor: original staircase column-on-vase
balusters re-used in rebuilt staircase in entrance hall.
Original plasterwork survives in entrance hall and former
stairhall to rear. Saloon to left of entrance retains moulded
skirting, enriched dado and panelling, cornice and plaster
ceiling. On first floor, landing has dentilled cornice. Room
to left survives intact, with fireplace of panelled pilasters
and console cornice shelf, and cast-iron grate. Arched bed
recess between Tuscan pilasters in rear wall.
(City of York: RCHME: South-west of the Ouse: HMSO: 1972-:
103).

Listing NGR: SE6023351414

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Skeldergate House Hotel at Wikipedia
• Skeldergate House Hotel at Wikipedia
• Wikidata IDs Q115803052 Q17549394

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