Description

YORK

SE6052SE MONKGATE
1112-1/14/739 (South East side)
14/06/54 No.44
Monkgate House

GV II

House, now offices. Built shortly after 1723; altered 1827 and
c1835. Alterations of 1827 for George Hudson. Brick in Flemish
bond with painted stone and stucco dressings. Pantiled roof.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys plus attic. 4 bays. Facade has stone
plinth, painted stone 1st floor sill band with a brick band
below, and a timber cornice gutter. The windows are glazing
bar sashes with rubbed brick flat arches. The attic dormer has
a pitched roof and 6-pane sash. On the ground floor a doorway
of early C19 date occupies the 2 right-hand bays. It has a
painted stone or stucco surround with Tuscan pilasters and a
cornice. The door has an architrave and flanking lights and
has 6 panels and an overlight. Ridge chimney at left.
INTERIOR: open well staircase with cast-iron balustrade of
geometric panels and serpentine handrail.
A plaque records that George Hudson MP 1800-1871 lived here.
(An Inventory of the Historical Monuments of the City of York:
RCHME: Outside the City Walls East of the Ouse: HMSO: 1975-:
90).

Listing NGR: SE6072152361

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26548614

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Recommended Books

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5