Description

YORK

SE6052SE ALDWARK
1112-1/14/14 (North East side)
14/06/54 Nos.17 AND 19
The Oliver Sheldon House

GV II*

Formerly known as: Nos.26 AND 27 ALDWARK.
House, now flats. c1720 incorporating remains of late C17
house and some earlier; subdivided c1750; converted and
restored in 1969. Work c1720 for William Redman; 1969
conversion by Francis Johnson.
MATERIALS: earliest structure timber-framed; front of orange
brick in Flemish bond on chamfered stone plinth, with stone
doorcases and timber cornice; rear of red brick in Flemish
bond. Tiled roofs with brick stacks, one diagonally set; front
roof hipped at left end has dormers with pediments and 2-light
casements; rear roofs in 3 parallel hipped ranges.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attics; 8-window front. No.17 has
heavily rusticated doorcase with triple-keyed fasciated
architrave and moulded pediment: door is of 6 raised and
fielded panels with glazed inserts. No.19 has fasciated
architrave with triple keyblock and door of 6 raised and
fielded panels. Windows on ground floor are 15-pane sashes
with shutters of fielded panelling, on first floor 18-pane
sashes, all with flat arches of rubbed and gauged brick. Heavy
moulded modillioned eaves cornice, returned at left end.
Rainwater head embossed with winged cherub head, initialled
WR, dated 1732.
Rear: 2-storey 5-window front. Recessed glazed door to right
of four 12-pane sash windows with painted sills and elliptical
brick arches: 18-pane sashes with flat arches on first floor.
3-course raised brick band to first floor and brick dentil
eaves cornice.
INTERIOR: ground floor: entrance and staircase halls to No.17
paved in black marble and yellow stone. Staircase to first
floor has cantilevered treads, slender turned balusters, heavy
turned newel and serpentine moulded handrail. Staircase dado
panelling is fielded with insets carved with floral drops and
panels of foliated scrolls at head and foot. Half landing has
inlaid wooden floor and round-headed staircase window flanked
by fluted Corinthian pilasters. First floor landing has richly
moulded cornice and oval centre panel in surround of Greek key
moulding with rosette centrepiece. Rear rooms on ground floor
contain fireplace with segmental brick arch: centre room has
plaster ceiling of geometric panels between beams enriched
with strapwork and foliage trails: reset fireplace with
surround carved with ribbons, palm fronds and wheatear drops
and overmantel panel enclosed in egg-and-dart mouldings
flanked by laurel wreaths suspended from scallop shells and
beribboned garlands.

First floor: left end room has fielded dado panelling and
moulded rail; marble fireplace with fluted surround, paterae
and plain shelf. Passage to central room and central room are
panelled in 2 heights with bolection moulded and raised and
fielded panelling; four 6-panel doors have dentil corniced
overdoors. Dentilled ceiling cornice enriched with
egg-and-dart. Panelled window reveals and window seats. Plain
fireplace with overmantel panel between sunk-panel pilasters
with moulded capitals. Right end room has 6-panel door,
bolection moulded and raised and fielded panelling, with
panelled window reveals. Plain fireplace with bolection
moulded overmantel panel. Moulded cornice. In the attic are
two 3-panel doors, one on fine cockshead hinges. In central
portion of rear wall is blocked window, the head breaking into
length of timber-frame wall-plate: other portions of
wall-plate visible intermittently.
Roof: principal rafter trusses, tenoned and pegged at apex.
(City of York: The Central Area: HMSO: 1981-: 105-106).

Listing NGR: SE6062452110

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• The Oliver Sheldon House at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17550093

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Recommended Books

• 
  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990