Description

YORK

SE6052SE ST ANDREWGATE
1112-1/14/929 (South East side)
14/06/54 No.20

II*

House, now flats. c1780; renovated and new wing added 1978. By
Thomas Atkinson, architect, for his own occupation. Front of
pink-cream mottled brick in Flemish bond on high stone plinth,
with doorcase and cornice of stone, and dressings of
vertically tooled stone: rear of red brick in stretcher bond.
Stone coped slate roof with brick stacks.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attic; 5-bay pedimented front. Central
rusticated doorcase with moulded pediment on carved consoles
set within shallow elliptical arched recess has door of 2
incised, 2 sunk panels beneath moulded fluted impost band and
elliptical fanlight with wheatear glazing bars. Central window
on first floor has shaped architrave with moulded cornice.
Ground and first floor windows are 12-pane sashes with slender
glazing bars and stone sill bands. Attic windows are 2- and
4-pane horizontal sliding sashes of 2 lights, with stone
sills. All windows except first floor centre one have
segmental brick arches. Moulded cornice to gable pediment
contains cross-glazed oculus in moulded surround encircled by
carved festoon suspended from scallop shell.
Rear: 3-storey gable. Left part obscured by C20 wing.
Segment-arched doorway in centre and 2-storey inserted bay
window to right. Bay windows are tripartite; round-arched
staircase sash window over doorway. Louvred roundel in gable
end.
INTERIOR: RCHM records various simple contemporary fireplaces
and 2 stone cantilevered staircases, the main one with
cast-iron balusters and mahogany handrail.
(City of York: RCHME: The Central Area: HMSO: 1981-: 201-202).

Listing NGR: SE6053351999

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• 20 St Andrewgate at Wikipedia
• 20 St Andrewgate at Wikipedia
• Wikidata IDs Q115801229 Q17549536

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Recommended Books

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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)