Description

YORK

SE6052SW LOW PETERGATE
1112-1/27/588 (South West side)
14/06/54 No.55

GV II*

Formerly known as: No.38 LOW PETERGATE.
House, now shop. Early C17, refronted mid C18; altered C19
shopfront; renovated c1990. Timber-framed, refaced in
orange-grey brick in Flemish bond, rendered at rear; dentilled
modillioned moulded timber cornice; pantile roof with rendered
brick stack.
EXTERIOR: 4-storey 3-bay front. Shopfront framed in sunk-panel
pilasters with paterae at their heads, panelled fascia and
cornice: plate glass window over sunk-panel riser flanked by
6-panel doors, raised and fielded at left end, moulded at
right end. First and second floor windows are 12-pane sashes
with painted stone sill bands. Third floor windows are squat
6-pane sashes with painted stone sills, outer ones blind,
flanking original attic window in gable end. All windows have
flat arches of orange gauged brick. Rear: gabled wing at rear
of front block has external stack supporting bank of 4
diagonally set chimney flues. Windows are C20 replacements
except for one 2x6-pane Yorkshire sash in attic. Front block
has cogged brick eaves course.
INTERIOR: ground floor: massive panelled beams exposed in
front room. Fine staircase with close string, heavy bulbous
balusters and moulded handrail, and panelled newels with
shaped finials rises through full height of house. First
floor: partition wall with studs of flimsy scantling to front
room. Front room has dentilled modillion cornice.
Original C19 lettered shop window preserved on display on
first floor landing.
(City of York: RCHME: The Central Area: HMSO: 1981-: 194).

Listing NGR: SE6033352066

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17549815

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Recommended Books

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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)