Description

NORTH YORKSHIRE
HAMBLETON
5337
EAST HARLSEY A19
SE 49 NW
(east side, off)
2/1 Mount Grace House
31.3.70
II*
GV
House, formerly gatehouse to Mount Grace Priory. C15, C17, restored and
extended in 1901. Ashlar, coursed squared stone, graduated stone slate and
pantile roofs. To right is C17 part, dated 1654, of 2 storeys with attics
and 7 bays. To left is C15 part, 2 bays with scattered fenestration. C17
part has offset angle buttresses to right and between bays 1 and 2. To
centre is a full height porch, board door inside, doorway has 4-centred arch
with gabled hoodmould, date inscribed "1654". First-floor band, 3-light
mullion-and-transom first-floor window, with hoodmould, eaves band, embattled
parapet with ball finials. All windows are 3-light mullion-and-transom
windows with hoodmoulds, those to ground floor slightly larger than those
above. 3 right-hand bays have moulded stone cornice, above bay
a C20 dormer. Other bays have embattled parapets. Above porch
and between 2 left-hand bays are gabled dormers with ball finials, that to
left has 3-light mullion window, that to right has 6-light sash. C15 left
part: 3 offset angle buttresses. To right is shouldered headed doorway,
above a 2-light mullion-and-transom window, to its right a 4-centred-arched
single-light window. Other windows are single-light chamfered openings,
apart from that on left of first floor which is of 2 lights. Above four C20
dormers. 3 ridge stacks. End stacks, that to left a large external stack
with embattled top, others have plinths, bands, 2 shafts and moulded
cornices. Rear: much altered in 1901. Interior altered.

Listing NGR: SE4485498475

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Mount Grace House at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17535360

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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy