Description

YORK

SE6052SW LOW PETERGATE
1112-1/27/586 (North East side)
14/06/54 No.52
The Adams House

GV II*

Formerly known as: No.75 The Adam's House LOW PETERGATE.
House, now shop. Dated 1772, converted to shop later. For the
Dean and Chapter. Orange-brown brick in Flemish bond on slate
veneer plinth; timber shopfront, doorcases and cornice; slate
roof with stone copings and brick stacks: rooflight at rear.
EXTERIOR: 3-storey 4-window front. To right, door of 6 raised
panels and patterned radial fanlight in round-arched
architrave are recessed in panelled reveal of original
doorcase with pilaster jambs, fluted impost band and dentilled
cornice on attenuated grooved brackets. Replica door and
doorcase inserted in blocked former carriage arch to left.
Both doors approached by flights of moulded steps. 3-light
shop window has similar surround with plain entablature.
Windows on first floor are 12-pane sashes with painted stone
sill band; on second floor, squat 6-pane sashes with painted
stone sills: all have flat arches of orange gauged brick.
Dentilled and modillioned moulded cornice, returned at right
end, has dated inverted bell rainwater head, surmounted by the
elephant crest of Dean Fountayne.
Rear: staircase sash window with Gothick glazing. Other
windows are various sashes, squat on second floor, with
cambered arches. Some windows blocked.
INTERIOR: not inspected. RCHM record principal and secondary
staircases with turned balusters. First floor front room has
fireplace with side scrolls and frieze enriched with paterae
and fluting; moulded cornice. Many other rooms retain original
cornices and fireplaces.
(City of York: RCHME: The Central Area: HMSO: 1981-: 187).

Listing NGR: SE6034652085

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• The Adams House at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17549808

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