Description

YORK

SE6051NE COLLIERGATE
1112-1/17/233 (North East side)
14/06/54 Nos.18 AND 19

GV II*

House, now shop. 1748, altered, subdivided and partly raised
at rear c1830; altered further with new shopfront in C20. For
Ralph Yoward. Orange brick in Flemish bond with painted stone
dressings; prominent dentil and modillion cornice of timber;
pantile hipped roof with brick stacks.
EXTERIOR: 3-storey 5-bay front. First floor windows are 1-pane
sashes with painted stone sills and triple keyed flat arches
of rubbed brick. Three second floor windows are 6-pane sashes
similarly treated; fourth window altered to 16-pane sash.
Raised second floor band. Original rainwater goods at right of
centre with fine hopper embossed with cherub head, dated 1748,
initialled RY; at right end, fluted inverted bell rainwater
head. Rear: round-arched staircase window with radial glazed
sashes: other windows are 6- and 16-pane sashes with segmental
arches. Raised brick bands. Plain cornice to original part
with dated and initialled rainwater head; paired modillion
cornice to additional floor.
INTERIOR: ground floor: rear left room has plain fireplace
with pulvinated frieze and moulded cornice shelf; moulded
ceiling cornice. Triple-keyed round arch on pilasters with
Greek key mouldings to soffit leads to stairhall. Stairhall
and stairwell lined with sunk panelling below moulded dado
rail; stairhall cornice enriched with egg-and-dart mouldings.
Main staircase to second floor has open string, cantilevered
treads, underside shaped and scrolled, column balusters,
alternately plain, fluted and twisted, and serpentine moulded
handrail, wreathed at foot around turned newel on shaped
curtail step. Round-headed staircase window in Gibbs surround.
Bottom flight of secondary staircase altered; upper flights to
second floor have close string, turned balusters, square
newels and ramped-up moulded handrail.
First floor: panelled landing with dentilled ceiling cornice;
one doorcase has pediment, one dentilled cornice hood. Large
front room: doorcases are eared with double doors of raised
and fielded panels; walls panelled above dado rail with
applied egg-and-dart plaster mouldings; dentil and modillion
cornice. Fluted Corinthian pilasters flank chimneypiece with
voluted eared fire surround, acanthus frieze and moulded
cornice shelf: eared and lobed overmantel panel with corner
rosettes, in surround of shell and flower drops and arabesques
with garlanded top panel surmounted by pediment broken by
shell. Same feature without fireplace repeated in opposite
wall. Rear left room: two reeded doorcases with paterae and
cornices; enriched cornice with ball mouldings. Rear right
room: cast-iron fireplace with fluted jambs and frieze with

paterae and garlanded vase in centre panel.
Second floor: several doors are of 6 raised and fielded
panels, some on L-hinges. Centre front room has three fluted
doorcases with corner lozenges, one with 3-panel cupboard
door.
(City of York: RCHME: The Central Area: HMSO: 1981-: 119).

Listing NGR: SE6051151877

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17550009

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