Description

YORK

SE6052SW PRECENTOR'S COURT
1112-1/27/877 (North side)
14/06/54 No.10

GV II*

House. Early C18 incorporating remains of C15 house; garden
front altered in mid C19, raised c1900; wing added c1900:
other later alteration and subdivision.
MATERIALS: front of orange-brown brick in Flemish bond on
chamfered stone plinth; painted chamfered stone quoins, timber
eaves cornice and doorcase: garden front of squared coursed
magnesian limestone, raised in orange-red brick in English
garden-wall bond; wing of orange-red brick in English
garden-wall bond. Slate roofs with brick and stone copings and
brick stacks; two box dormers with 2x2-pane Yorkshire sashes
to main front.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attic; 5-bay front; wing of 2 storeys
and attic to left, at right angles; 1 gabled bay. Front door
of 6 raised and fielded panels beneath bordered overlight in
left of centre bay of main front, in doorcase of fluted
pilasters and frieze, dentilled and moulded cornice
on beaded elongated consoles. All windows are 12-pane sashes,
those on first floor taller, with flat arches of gauged brick;
ground floor windows have renewed sills, those on first floor
painted stone sills. Painted stone raised first floor band.
Dentilled and modillioned eaves cornice. Wing has garage door
on ground floor and unequal 4-pane sash windows on floors
above, attic one in gabled roof.
Rear: 2 storeys and gabled attics; 5 bays, two to right tied
beneath single shaped gable. Projecting centre bay has glazed
door of two round-headed lights. To left is 2-storey canted
bay with round-arched multi light windows on both floors, and
clerestory of bordered lights on ground floor. To right of
door is later square bay with four 1-pane round headed sash
windows. Other small round-headed windows on ground floor.
Remaining first floor and attic windows are unequal 4-pane
sashes.
INTERIOR: not inspected: RCHM record C15 carved fireplace arch
on ground floor; room with C16 moulded beams, three walls
lined with early C17 wainscot and C18 fireplace with
overmantel panel. Re-used fittings reset elsewhere.
(City of York: RCHME: The Central Area: HMSO: 1981-: 201).

Listing NGR: SE6017852254

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• 10, Precentors Court at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17549565

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)