Description

YORK

SE5952SE BOOTHAM
1112-1/12/91 (South West side)
28/04/88 Nos.70-76 (Even)
and attached front railings

GV II

Row of 4 houses with attached railings (Nos 72 and 76 now
flats). c1855 of 3 builds. Brindled brick. Welsh slate roof.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys with basements, each house of 2 bays. Nos
70 and 72 are a handed pair; No.74 as No.70; No.76 differs.
Nos 70 and 72: 4-panelled doors and arched overlights in
wooden doorcases with flattened consoles and cornices. Inner
bays have 2-storey-and-cellar canted bay windows set on raised
brick panels; unequally-hung, 3:6:3-pane sashes with moulded
sills; first floor sills continue as band; modillioned wooden
cornice. Above the doors are unequally-hung 6-pane sashes with
segmentally-arched heads. 2nd floor: 3 smaller 8-pane sashes
to each house have projecting sills and segmental arches;
windows above the canted bays are set close with linked sills.
Shaped brackets to wooden eaves cornice; shared central ridge
stack. No.74: as No.70 but separated by straight joint. No.76:
similar to No.72 but with 3-storey bay window and
square-headed windows over door; that to the first floor
altered, that to 2nd floor with 4-pane sash. Nos 74 and 76
share central ridge stack.
INTERIOR: 4-panelled doors; contemporary staircases with
turned balusters and hardwood handrails; marble fireplace
surrounds. Nos 70 and 74 are best preserved: first-floor front
room to No.70 has an iron grate marked RUSSELL AND CO. PATENT;
ornate pelmet with original curtain tracking; acanthus ceiling
boss. No.74 has archivolted recesses in hall. Nos 72 and 76
have suffered through subdivision but retain many original
features.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached railings of simple design have
twin top rails and spear finials; they return to each doorway.
Deeds to No.70 include conveyances of land only in 1852, and
of newly-erected premises in 1858.

Listing NGR: SE5985352452

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26550524

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Recommended Books

• 
  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
• 
  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
• 
  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair