Description

YORK

SE5952SE BOOTHAM
1112-1/12/82 (South West side)
14/06/54 No.56
Bootham Lodge and attached railings

GV II

House, now offices. Built between 1840 and 1845 for Thomas
Walker. Brick in Flemish bond with painted stucco and timber
dressings. Hipped slate roofs.
EXTERIOR: main building 3 storeys and 3 bays, with 2-storey
one-bay wings to left and right. The windows to the 2nd floor
and wings are sashed; the others are sashed without glazing
bars. The central window on the 1st floor and the ground-floor
windows have surrounds with Tuscan pilasters and cornices. The
window cornices of the outer bays of the main house project as
balconies to the 1st floor windows and have railings cast with
wheel-like circular patterns. The other windows have
architraves. The porch has unfluted Greek Doric columns and
pilaster responds, and forms a balcony with railings matching
those of the adjacent windows. The door has 8 raised and
fielded panels and is set within an architrave. The left-hand
wing has a carriage entrance on the ground floor with an
elliptical brick arch, and a smaller pedestrian entrance to
the right. The main eaves are carried on paired rectangular
brackets. Chimneys to left and right of main building.
INTERIOR: not inspected. RCHM records entrance hall with 2
Doric columns. 2 staircases with cast-iron balusters and
mahogany handrails. Other original fittings include cornices,
overdoors and fireplace all by Wolstenholme.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: the basement areas are enclosed by iron
railings on low stone copings.
(An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of York:
RCHME: Outside the City Walls East of the Ouse: London: 1975-:
63).

Listing NGR: SE5991652392

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Bootham Lodge at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q26550551

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990