Listing Text

FYLINGDALES KING STREET
NZ 9504
Robin Hood's Bay
(east side)
19/99
Fylingdales Stores and
6.10.69. Post Office (formerly
listed as Post Office)
GV
II
House with shop, early-mid C19. Finely-coursed, vertically-tooled sandstone of
near-ashlar quality except on ground floor where stones are larger and plain,
suggesting an earlier base; herringbone-tooled sandstone on right return. Welsh
slate roof, stone copings and kneelers. 3 storeys, and cellar at right, 2
windows. 4 steps to central half-glazed double door in double shopfront whose
5-light windows have half-bars; door and windows framed in pilasters and
bracketed cornice. Cellar opening in right stallriser. First- and second-floor
cill bands; 16-pane sashes on both floors. Crisply-cut kneelers. Rear wing 2
buildings, mid and late C18 with alterations. Incised render; pantiled roof
with stone dressings and brick stacks. Older left part 2 storeys and attic, 3
narrow bays. Right part 2 storeys, 3 bays, irregular. Windows mostly sashes,
differing in size and period. Interior: shop counters faced with leather and
gesso painted panels of working and dancing figures and arabesque patterns; old
showcases.

Listing NGR: NZ9531504885