Description

YORK

SE5952SE BOOTHAM
1112-1/12/73 (North East side)
14/06/54 Nos.39 AND 43
and attached railings

GV II

Formerly known as: Nos.39, 41 AND 43 BOOTHAM.
Three houses, now two houses (No.43 and the former No.41
combined as one property and now part of school). 1748;
altered c1800, late C19, and late C20. Builder Thomas
Griffith. Brick in Flemish bond with painted stone dressings
and tile roof.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys plus attic and cellar. 9 bays, with each
former house of 3 bays. The facade has quoins with alternating
rustication at the right, 2 storey bands, and a modillion
gutter cornice. The windows have rubbed brick flat arches with
keyblocks. They are sashed, and those to the right-hand 3 bays
have had their glazing bars restored in the C20. The 2
right-hand ground-floor windows are a C20 reconstruction,
replacing an inserted shopfront. The 2nd and 3rd bays have a
2-storey late C19 canted bay window. No.43 has 3 flat-roofed
attic dormers. The left-hand bay of No.43 has a C19 doorcase
with a dentilled pediment on console brackets, with a
semicircular overlight, enriched keyblock, and a 6-panel door.
The doorcase to No.39, in the 7th bay, has engaged reeded
Composite columns with paterae above caps, enriched open
pediment, fanlight, and swags and a mask in the tympanum. The
door has 6 raised and fielded panels. To the right of the 3rd
bay there is a lead hopper and downpipe. 3 axial chimneys
behind ridge.
INTERIOR: not inspected. Nos 39 and 43 were recorded by RCHM
as retaining most of their original staircases, with open
strings and turned balusters. Also recorded as retaining a
fireplace and some panelling.
No.45 (qv) at the left originally formed part of the same
terrace but was re-fronted in the late C19.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: the basement area is enclosed by plain
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: HMSO London:
1975-: 56-7).

Listing NGR: SE6000052362

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26550567

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Recommended Books

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  Derbyshire (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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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)