Description

YORK

SE6052SW HIGH PETERGATE
1112-1/27/458 (South West side)
14/06/54 No.11
Petergate House

GV II*

Formerly known as: No.9 HIGH PETERGATE.
House, now Presbytery to Church of St Wilfred, Dumcombe Place
(qv). Early C18 with early C19 alteration and extension;
reroofed and altered further in late C19. Stucco front, lined
to resemble ashlar; rear of red-brown brick in various bonds;
extension in Flemish bond: timber doorcase and eaves cornice;
slate mansard roof with shallow gabled dormer windows and
brick stacks.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys and attics; 7-bay front. Right of centre
doorcase of engaged fluted Doric columns and entablature with
fluted frieze: 6-panel door and divided overlight, approached
by moulded stone steps, recessed in panelled reveal. At far
right, passage door of nailed-on moulded panels in chamfered
surround with 4-centred head. Windows on ground and first
floors are 12-pane sashes; on second floor, squat 6-pane
sashes: all with painted stone sills. Moulded bands to first
and second floors. Prominent moulded eaves cornice.
Rear: 3 storeys and attic; 5 bays: 3-storey staircase bay
projects in centre: to right, 2-storey bowed extension.
6-panel door at base of staircase bay; to left, C20 3-light
window. First floor has 12-pane sash window to staircase, two
similar to left, all with 1-course segmental brick arches.
Extension has three 12-pane sash windows on both floors, those
on first floor with wrought-iron balconies. On second floor,
windows are 12-pane sash to staircase, 4-pane sashes to left,
16-pane sashes to right. Raised bands of stepped brick to all
floors, interrupted at right side by bowed extension.
INTERIOR: not inspected. RCHM record stone flagged floor to
entrance hall. C18 staircase flanked by Doric columns at the
foot. Ground floor left front room panelled in two heights;
moulded dado rail and cornice; fireplace surround enriched
with egg-and-dart mouldings.
(City of York: RCHME: The Central Area: HMSO: 1981-: 184).

Listing NGR: SE6016252193

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Petergate House at Wikipedia
• Wikidata IDs Q108427367 Q17549861

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)