Description

YORK

SE6051NW MICKLEGATE
1112-1/28/639 (South side)
19/08/71 Nos.19 AND 21
(Formerly Listed as:
MICKLEGATE
No.21)

GV II

House. Late C15 front range, part demolished in 1966; rear
wing added c1600; front roof altered and jetties cut back in
early C18; late C19 remodelling and shopfront.
MATERIALS: both parts timber-framed, originally with wall tile
infill, encased partly in brick later; front of stuccoed brick
with painted dressings and raised vermiculated quoins;
rendered rear range; pantile roofs. 2-bay front range,
parallel to street, with 4-bay rear extension.
EXTERIOR: 3-storey 3-window front. Shopfront framed in
panelled pilasters with Tudor flower roundels, and dentilled
cornice between gableted frieze blocks enriched with foliar
motifs, over coved and fluted brackets carved in high relief
with acanthus leaves. Upstairs entrance door of 4 sunk panels
with shaped overlight to right of C20 shop window and door. On
first floor, central 3-light canted bay window with dentilled
cornice: flanking windows and those on second floor are 1-pane
sashes in shouldered architraves with moulded sills on shaped
brackets. Eaves frieze band enriched with Tudor flower
roundels.
INTERIOR: timber-frame survives intact in both parts of
building, except at front, and includes framed winder stair in
rear wing: studded cross walls and partitions on both floors
of both ranges, and massive chimney stack visible on first and
second floors. Front range has roughly chamfered original
floor joists. Rear range: wide fireplace and side oven beneath
segmental timber lintel on ground floor. On first floor,
fireplace with set-pot stone; at rear, reset C17 panelling.
Front range roof has three crown post trusses with clasped
purlins, purlin braces and longitudinal braces. Rear wing roof
has four collar trusses on jowled posts with sole pieces, side
purlins and longitudinal braces.
(City of York: RCHME: South-west of the Ouse: HMSO: 1972-:
72-73).

Listing NGR: SE6007551614

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• 19 and 21, Micklegate at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q26548722

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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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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)