Description

YORK

SE6051NE ST SAVIOURGATE
1112-1/17/985 (South East side)
14/06/54 Nos.16-22 (Even)

GV II*

Terrace of four houses. c1740 with later C18 and early C19
doorcases and some later fenestration.
MATERIALS: front of orange brick in Flemish bond on painted
stone plinth with painted stone quoins, bands and dressings;
timber cornice and doorcases. Twin span roof, front range
tiled, rear range pantiled, with brick coping and brick
stacks; shaped parapet masks valley on right return.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys and attic; 16-window front. No.16 has two
doorcases of plain pilasters and entablatures, right end one
leading to through passage; No.18 has doorcase of fluted
pilasters with moulded imposts, festooned frieze and dentilled
cornice hood; No.20 has doorcase of half-elliptical columns
with paired acanthus brackets at the head, swagged frieze with
angle roundels and moulded cornice hood; No.22 has doorcase of
sunk panel pilasters, frieze moulded with festoons and vases,
and dentilled cornice hood. No.20 has 2-panel door, others of
6 raised and fielded panels. Ground and first floor windows
are 12-pane sashes, with incised panel shutters on ground
floor: second floor has unequal 9-pane sashes or short 12-pane
sashes. All windows have moulded sills and flat arches of
gauged brick with painted keyblocks, those on second floor
partly obscured by bold projecting cornice on paired shaped
brackets. Attic dormers are gabled or flat with 2-light
casements. Raised bands to first and second floors. Fluted
bowl rainwater heads between Nos 16 and 18, and Nos 20 and 22.
INTERIOR: of No.16. Stone-flagged entrance hall. Entrance and
staircase halls and stair well retain dado panelling. Entrance
hall and first and second floor landings divided by moulded
round arches on pilasters with moulded imposts. Ground floor:
front room panelled in two heights with moulded cornice;
fireplace with incised panel jambs and frieze flanked by
panelled cupboard doors. First floor: front room has panelled
dado and moulded cornice; fireplace flanked by round-arched
alcoves. Rear room has panelled dado and moulded cornice;
moulded cornice overdoors; overmantel panel with broken
pediment and volute sidepieces reset over plain fireplace.
No.18: entrance hall and landings divided by moulded round
arch on pilasters with moulded imposts. Open string staircase
rising to attics has column on vase balusters, bulbous turned
newels and heavy ramped-up handrail. Ground floor: front room
to left has coved moulded cornice with acanthus decoration and
beaded panel window reveal. Front room right is fully panelled
and has painted stone fireplace with mid C19 round-headed
grate; hemi-domed niche to left and round-headed panelled
cupboard door to right. Rear room to left is fully panelled

with console cornice and C19 marble fireplace. First floor:
front room right has fireplace flanked by panelled cupboard
doors on H or H-L hinges with plank door on butterfly hinges
inside left one. Rear room to right has plain fireplace with
mid C19 grate. Second floor: both rooms to right have
cast-iron grates in plain surrounds. Attic: landing doors are
of 2 raised and fielded panels on H or H-L hinges. Moulded
plaster cornices survive in a number of rooms on main floors.
Interior of No.20 incorporated into No.18.
No.22: stairhall arch as above; Plaster cornices survive in
entrance and stair halls, and in front rooms on ground and
first floors. On second floor and in attic, front rooms have
fireplaces with cast-iron grates and panelled cupboard doors.
(City of York: RCHME: The Central Area: HMSO: 1981-: 208-209;
Sales particulars relating to Nos 16 and 22: Humberts, York:
1993-).

Listing NGR: SE6063551938

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17549475

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
• 
  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
• 
  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)