Description

YORK

SE55SE MILL MOUNT
1112-1/1/696 (South West side)
24/06/83 Former coach house and attached
stableyard gateway
(Formerly Listed as:
MILL MOUNT
Former coach house at Mill Mount
School)

GV II

Coach house, garage and attached yard gateway; now workshop
and store. Coach house c1850; garage early C20. Coach house by
JB and W Atkinson for CH Elsey.
MATERIALS: coach house of orange-grey brick in English
garden-wall bond and cast-iron columns; slate hipped roof
overhanging on shaped brackets has brick stacks with stone
cornices. Garage of red brick in English garden-wall bond and
timber boarding; roof of slate and glass with repairs in other
materials.
EXTERIOR: yard front: 2 storeys, 7 bays. Three centre bays on
ground floor are recessed behind flat timber lintel carried on
two cast-iron columns. Behind are 3 doors; to left, original
wide 6-panel stable door; in centre, replacement 6-panel door
with overlight; to right, wide 4-panel door: between are
unequal 12-pane windows. In returns beneath colonnade are
narrow 4-panel doors. Left end obscured by added garage
covering original 4-panel door with 8-pane overlight. Garage
has pitched roof and 4-leaf sliding timber doors with glazed
lights. Right end altered to glazed board sliding door with
timber lintel. First floor has one 12-pane sash window in
centre, four 16-pane sash windows in centre, small 1-pane sash
at right end. All openings except central door have flat
arches of rubbed brick; windows have painted stone sills.
Rear to Mill Mount Lane: on ground floor there are three slit
vents with iron grilles, stone sills and lintels; on each side
are 16-pane sash windows. First floor windows are 9-pane light
to left, 16-pane sash in centre and two 12-pane sashes at
right end: all have painted stone sills and flat brick arches.
INTERIOR: tack room to right of stairs retains board
panelling, wooden harness pegs and plain fireplace. Garage at
right end has pit sunk in floor.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: stableyard gateway: gate piers are
approximately 6 metres high with moulded stone caps, pilasters
with stone imposts and volutes at the head. Board gates are
replacements.

Listing NGR: SE5950551002

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26548660

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  For the Record
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)