Description

YORK

SE5951SW THE MOUNT
1112-1/19/1099 (North West side)
24/06/83 No.150

II

House, now doctors' surgery. c1860-70. Brick with painted
stone dressings. Concrete tile roof.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys above cellars. Facade to The Mount 3 bays.
The windows are mostly sashed. The ground and 2nd floor
windows have sill bands, and at 1st floor level there is a
stone balcony with cast-iron railings. The outer bays have
canted bay windows with cornices, of 2 storeys at the left and
one at the right. The 2nd and 3rd windows on the 1st floor are
cross casements opening onto the balcony and have segmental
brick arches. The left-hand window on the 2nd floor is
tripartite and projects slightly under a cornice. The central
doorway has a painted surround which has pilasters with sunken
panels and a semicircular head with overlight. The door has 4
panels. The overhanging eaves are coved with sprocketed
rafters.
The left-hand return facade, facing Dalton Terrace, is of 6
bays with a 2-storey porch projection in the 4th bay. The 2
right-hand bays have sashed windows with segmental brick
arches and a sill band on the ground floor, and cross casement
windows on the 1st floor which open onto a balcony with
cast-iron railings which is continuous with that to the front
facade. The 3 left-hand bays have glazing bar sash windows
with segmental arches on the ground and first floors. The 2nd
floor windows have a sill band and are glazing bar sashes
except for the 5th, which is sashed, and the 6th, which is a
blind recess. The 2nd, 4th, 5th and 6th bays have external
louvred shutters sliding in a wooden frame. The porch has 4
stone Tuscan pilasters, and a painted entablature. The outer
door has 4 panels, and an overlight window above. The 1st
floor of the porch is of timber and is glazed with 3 glazing
bar sashes separated by pilasters facing forwards and one to
each side. It has a dentilled cornice. 2 chimneys in front of
ridge visible on front elevation, and 2 on side elevation.
INTERIOR: not inspected.

Listing NGR: SE5936551068

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26547952

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