Description

YORK

SE5952SE ST MARY'S
1112-1/12/951 (North West side)
12/06/91 No.37
Constantine House

GV II

House, now hostel. c1840. Possibly by GT Andrews. Mottled
brick, in Flemish bond at front, English garden wall bond at
rear; painted stone porch. Timber eaves band and cornice to
shallow-pitched slate roof with brick end stacks. Central
entrance hall plan.
EXTERIOR: basement and 3 storeys; 3 bays; attic to gabled
centre bay, which breaks forward slightly. Porch of antae with
moulded imposts and entablature with bold cornice, lit by tall
round-headed windows with upper lights of frosted glass.
Panelled double doors beneath margin-glazed overlight, in
panelled reveal. All first and second floor windows are
12-pane sashes with painted stone sills and flat arches of
brick, except for C20 replacement in centre of second floor.
Small unequal 9-pane attic sash in centre bay, with cambered
head and arch and painted stone sill. Eaves band with
bracketed modillion cornice, returned at each end.
Rear: basement, 3 storeys and attic; 3 bays, with 2-storey
canted bay at right end. Panelled and margin-glazed door in
centre, approached by flight of steps with stick balusters and
shaped handrail. Single unequal 15-pane sash on ground floor
of canted bay; 12-pane sashes elsewhere.
INTERIOR: ground floor: cantilevered staircase rises from
ground to second floor around oval well. It has shaped
treadends and turned bobbin balusters with serpentine moulded
handrail, wreathed at foot around turned newel on shaped
curtail step. Entrance hall: front doorcase reeded with angle
roundels. Internal doorcases reeded with angle rosettes;
panelled doors; moulded cornice and ceiling rose. Front room
to right: panelled window shutters and moulded cornice. Rear
room to left: reeded doorcase with angle rosettes. Garden
window in reeded architrave with angle roundels and panelled
reveals with shutters; other window architraves similar
without shutters. Plain marble fireplace with pilaster jambs,
moulded imposts and mantelshelf.
First floor: landing doorcases reeded with angle rosettes,
some retaining original 6-panel doors; moulded cornice. Room
to left (partitioned): marble fireplace with pilasters,
moulded imposts and moulded cornice shelf on consoles carved
with vine and grape ornament; reeded window surrounds with
plain paterae, panelled beneath window; moulded cornice and
ceiling rose. Front room to right: plain fireplace; moulded
cornice. Rear room to right: reeded doorcase with angle
roundels; moulded cornice and ceiling rose.
Second floor: in all main rooms, plain fireplaces and moulded

cornices survive. Attic: plain fireplace in each main room.
Roof underdrawn but parts of two queen post trusses are
visible.

Listing NGR: SE5980652382

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q5163813

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