Description

YORK

SE6052SW ST LEONARD'S PLACE
1112-1/27/944 (East side)
01/07/68 De Grey House and attached front
railings, gate and lamp standard
(Formerly Listed as:
ST LEONARD'S PLACE
De Grey Rooms, de Grey House and
railings)

GV II*

Formerly known as: De Grey Rooms, including railings and The
Conservative Club ST LEONARD'S PLACE.
House with attached area railings, gate and gas lamp standard;
now offices. 1835 with extension of 1910. By PF Robinson and
GT Andrews for William Blanshard.
MATERIALS: front and right side in white painted Roman cement
with slate mansard roof, painted stacks and flat dormer with
2-light Yorkshire sash: extension of orange-cream brick in
English garden-wall bond with faience dressings, pantile roof
and brick stacks. Cast-iron railings on low stone coping.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys, basement and attics; 3-bay front.
Basement has one blocked window and one 12-pane sash with
painted sill. Area spanned by flat bridge to pilaster and
entablature doorcase with moulded cornice and front door of 4
sunk panels beneath bordered overlight. On first floor,
12-pane sash windows have moulded sill band, on second floor
squatter windows have moulded sills. Broad first floor band
and heavy moulded cornice over fasciated eaves frieze,
returned across right side. Right side: 3-storey 4-bay return
front: 2-storey 8-bay extension to right. Right return
detailed as main front. Extension has glazed and panelled door
with small-pane overlight and 12-pane sash windows. All
openings have cambered arches with keyblocks; windows on
ground floor have moulded sills, on first floor moulded
sillstring.
INTERIOR: not inspected. RCHM record original fittings
including first floor front room with enriched cornice and
sunk-panelled fireplace; other fireplaces of marble; moulded
cornices on ground and first floors, coved cornices on second
floor; and staircase with cast-iron balustrade.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: railings have mushroom finials, mace
standards and bracing to ground floor wall. Gas lamp standard
has openwork shaft, crossbar and 4-sided tapered lantern.
(City of York: RCHME: The Central Area: HMSO: 1981-: 204).

Listing NGR: SE6011652185

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17549526

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)