Description

BEWERLEY MAIN STREET
SE 16 SE (east side)
8/9 Bewerley House with
attached archway to west
23.4.52

- II

House and archway. House c1820, archway c1848. For John Yorke. Coursed
squared gritstone, grey slate roof. House: 2 storeys, 3 bays with single-
storey extension to left. C20 glazed door with fanlight in keyed round arch
to left of centre; 16-pane sashes in stone surrounds above and to left;
windows to right enlarged, with side lights. Shaped kneelers, gable coping,
end stacks. Single-storey bay to left: C20 window, roll moulding at eaves
level, crenellated parapet, tall cylindrical chimney to left. Archway
attached to left: large central Gothick arch with impost band and
cylindrical towers flanked by lower pedestrian gates and cruciform blind
recesses. Crenellated parapet overall. Interior not inspected. The house
was built as the estate office to the new Bewerley Hall (built by John Yorke
1815-20, demolished 1925). The arched entrance is contemporary with
similarly-styled additions made to the Hall in 1848 and it framed a
carriage drive.

Listing NGR: SE1583064857

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26482431

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