Description

YORK

SE5951NE MUSEUM STREET
1112-1/15/793 (North West side)
19/08/71 Lendal Hill House

GV II

Waterworks, now offices. Two builds of late C18, incorporating
length of rebuilt city wall; mid C19 alterations. For the York
Waterworks Co.
MATERIALS: front of orange-brown brick in Flemish bond: ground
floor at rear of magnesian limestone, first floor of red-brown
brick in random bond. Two gabled dormers with squat 6-pane
windows, one flat dormer with 4-pane window to pantile roof:
rebuilt brick stack, gable coping and kneelers of brick.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attics; 5 irregular bays. Door in
centre is of 6 sunk panels beneath radial fanlight. Left end
originally had segmental carriageway, now blocked by 4-pane
sash window. All windows are 4-pane sashes with painted stone
sills and 1-course segmental brick arches. 3-course raised
brick second floor band.
Rear: 2 storeys and attic; scattered fenestration. Two glazed
and panelled doors and one sunk-panel door with divided
overlight. On first floor, oriel with 8- and 16-pane sashes at
left end: elsewhere, 4-pane sashes, one rising into gabled
dormer also with 4-pane sash. Other dormers are gabled and
have 9-pane pivoting windows. Right return: gable end. Ground
floor altered: first floor has 12-pane sash, attic squat
6-pane sash, both with segmental brick arches.
INTERIOR: not inspected but RCHM record C18 staircase with
close string and balusters with square knops: some original
fittings, some mid C19 on first floor.
(City of York: RCHME: The Central Area: HMSO: 1981-: 166).

Listing NGR: SE5999651970

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26548494

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Recommended Books

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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)