Description

YORK

SE5952NE CLIFTON
1112-1/7/189 (South West side)
19/08/71 No.27
and attached walls and railings

GV II

House. c1830-40. Yellow brick with painted stone dressings.
Slate roof. Double-depth plan.
EXTERIOR: symmetrical facade of 2 storeys and 3 bays, with the
central bay projecting forwards under a pediment, deep
modillioned timber eaves, and a moulded storey band which
continues around the porch as a cornice. The windows are
glazing bar sashes and have rubbed brick flat arches, except
for the central window on the 1st floor which has a painted
architrave. The painted single-storey porch projects forwards
slightly and has 3 concentric recessed semicircular arches
with a moulded impost band. The outer arch has an archivolt
and keystone and the tympanum has a blind panel with segmental
top. The door has 4 panels. The verges overhang at the eaves
and there are chimneys on both gables, in front of and behind
the ridge. To the right there is a single-storey one-bay wing
with a glazing bar sash.
The rear elevation is of 3 bays with a central doorway. The
ground-floor windows are tripartite glazing bar sashes with
canvas blinds. The 1st floor windows are glazing bar sashes
with louvred shutters, sliding horizontally below a timber
valance.
INTERIOR: the stair hall is in the centre of the front of the
building, with the outside door beneath the half-landing of
the staircase. This has an open string, turned balusters, and
a mahogany handrail. The rear hall is entered through 2
semicircular arches. The 2 rear ground-floor rooms have window
shutters, and marble fireplaces with iron grates. The
fireplace in the north-west room is now painted. Both rooms
have foliated ceiling centrepieces of painted plaster and
iron, intended for gas lamps and connected to ventilation
ducts.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: the garden front wall is of brick with
stone and concrete copings and carries iron railings with bulb
finials and standards with acorn finials. The wall returns on
the right-hand side, where it adjoins the house. Near the
right of the front wall there is an iron gate with turned
gateposts which have acorn finials. The short left-hand return
wall has a similar gate and piers, and terminates against a
brick pier which is attached to a stone pier with moulded cap.
(An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of York:
RCHME: Outside the City Walls East of the Ouse: London: 1975-:
67).

Listing NGR: SE5958852693

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26550358

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Recommended Books

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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)