Description

MALTON

SE780715 GREENGATE
801-1/8/43 (East side)
29/09/51 No.43
Greengate House
(Formerly Listed as:
GREENGATE
(East side)
Nos.43 AND 45
Greengate House (43))

GV II

Town house. Late C18, probably incorporating part of an early
C18 house; later extension, and C19 and C20 alteration. Front:
red brick in Flemish bond on sandstone plinth, with painted
stone doorcase and dressings; timber eaves cornice. Rear:
early C18 wing of red brick, and staircase wing part rubble
stone, part mottled brick. Hipped slate roof with brick stacks
at base of hip to left and right, and right-of-centre ridge
stack.
Central entrance-hall plan, with earlier building incorporated
as centre rear wing, stairhall at left rear, and kitchen
extension at right rear. 2 storeys and attic; 5-window front.
Pedimented Doric doorcase with detached columns, fluted frieze
and dentilled cornice, approached by 2 steps; C19 half-glazed
and panelled door beneath plain semi-circular fanlight.
Windows on ground and first floors are single pane sashes,
those to attic squat 4-pane sashes, all with flat arches of
gauged brick. Raised first-floor band and first floor
sillband; attic windows have painted stone sills. Console
cornice to projecting eaves, returning at each end. Rear:
gabled, 2-storey 2-window early C18 wing projects in centre;
to right, 2-storey 1-window staircase wing; to left, one and a
half-storey 1-window pent extension.
Centre wing has single pane sashes with painted stone sills,
beneath keyed flat arches of gauged brick. Staircase wing has
painted stone full-height Venetian window. Both wings have
coped gables and shaped kneelers. Early C18 wing has M-section
roof disguised by swept-up parapet.
INTERIOR: ground floor: entrance hall with stone flags, C18
moulded stone fireplace, and moulded elliptical arch to
stairhall. Stairhall has stone flags. Open-well, cantilevered
staircase of stone stairs with shaped treadends; cast-iron
balustrade with moulded handrail, wreathed at foot. Moulded
dado rail. Corinthian order Venetian window, enriched with
swags and flutes.
Front rooms: C19 plasterwork. Room to left has C19 carved
fireplace; room to right, early C20 fireplace. Rear centre
room has shallow niche with keyed, elliptical arch on fluted
pilasters with dentilled imposts. First floor: front rooms,
C18 fireplaces in rooms to right, and marble fireplace, c1840,
in room to left. Attics: several plain C18 fireplaces and
grates survive.
Throughout the house, there are a number of C18 six-panel
doors with original brass door furniture. Front windows have
panelled shutters, and shutters in rear centre ground floor
room are boxed, c1840.

Listing NGR: SE7883071821

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26579511

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)