Description

YORK

SE5751SW YORK ROAD, Acomb
1112-1/18/1205 (North side)
24/06/83 No.62
(Formerly Listed as:
YORK ROAD, Acomb
Acomb School)

GV II

Church school, now office. Dated 1848; converted 1980s.
Mottled brick with limestone ashlar dressings. Slate roof.
Main building aligned north-south, with a projecting wing on
the east side which has a porch against its south wall.
EXTERIOR: single storey, now with inserted upper floor. The
south gable, facing the road, has diagonal buttresses and
projecting verges. The window has 3 lights and a transom and
has segmental arches to all its openings. Above, there is a
plaque inscribed: 'ERECTED BY THE REVd ORB 1848'. The
right-hand return wall, facing east, is of 3 bays separated by
buttresses and has mullioned windows of 2, 3 and 2 lights with
segmental heads to the lights. The porch has a hipped roof. To
the right of the door there is a single-light window, and the
door has a chamfered ashlar surround with shouldered arch. The
east gable of the wing is similar to the south gable.
Chimneys, with paired diagonal shafts, on main ridge and on
ridge of wing.
INTERIOR: not inspected.

Listing NGR: SE5729751397

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26547770

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