Description

SE6052SW
1112-1/27/592
14/06/54

YORK
LOW PETERGATE
(North East side)
No.62
York College for Girls

GV
II*

Formerly known as: No.69 LOW PETERGATE.
House, now part of school. c1725 with late C18 portico; wings
rebuilt and further alterations c1866 and later in C19. For
John Shaw, Proctor of the Court at York.
MATERIALS: front and wings of orange brick of two dates, in
Flemish bond at front, in stretcher bond at rear; stone
plinth; porch, doorcase and cornices of painted timber; tiled
main roof and slate hipped roofs to wings, with brick stacks.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attic; 5-bay main range with centre
bay and 1-storey porch projecting, flanked by 2-storey
projecting wings. Pedimented Doric porch in centre has door of
6 panels in fluted surrounds with paterae and radial fanlight,
in round-arched architrave with moulded imposts. First and
second floor windows in main range are tall 18-pane sashes; in
attic, 2-light casement windows in pedimented dormers. Moulded
first floor band of painted stone across main range and wings;
Doric eaves entablature to main range. Wing to left has
6-panel door with overlight in link bay with main range. Both
wings have narrow 8-pane sash windows on both floors of
returns; paired 1-pane windows at head of gable walls; all
have painted stone sills and flat arches of gauged brick.
Gable walls have semicircular blind arch of brick above first
floor band. Both wings have moulded timber cornices.
Rear: 2 storeys and attic; 5-bay front between polygonal end
bays with pointed octagonal roofs of fishscale slate. Original
windows unequal 15-pane sashes with painted stone sills and
flat arches of gauged brick. Right end bay has glazed and
panelled door; both have 1-pane sashes. Raised first floor
band, moulded string over second floor windows and moulded
timber eaves cornice continue across main front and end bays.
INTERIOR: ground floor. Front left room has marble fireplace
with reeded jambs and frieze and corner roundels. Right front
room lined with full height raised and fielded panelling
incorporating 3-panel cupboard door; enriched dentilled
cornice; panelled window reveals; marble fireplace with
colonnette jambs. Left rear room has dentilled dado rail;
moulded cornice. Right rear room has door and window
architraves of flutes and rosettes; door of 6 panels in
similar surrounds; enriched dentilled cornice; panelled window
reveals; marble fireplace with fluted surround and angle
rosettes. Entrance hall: 5 doorcases with corniced overdoors
and 6-panel doors; fluted Corinthian distyle in antis screen
with entablature leads to stairhall. Main staircase has
cantilevered treads, panelled beneath, with turned and

entwined balusters, and serpentine handrail swept at foot on
shaped curtail step. Stairwell has parallel dado panelling
with acanthus volute at foot. On half-landing is reset door
made up of six C16 carved panels.
First floor. Landing has plaster ceiling of two classical
figures with child. Close string open well staircase to second
floor has bobbin balusters, turned newel and serpentine
handrail. Front left room, now incorporating small centre
room, fitted with 2 heights of raised and fielded panelling
and moulded cornice: small room has blocked corner fireplace;
larger room C19 chimneypiece. Front right room has three walls
of raised and fielded panelling in 2 heights; panelled
shutters. Rear left room has three walls of raised and fielded
panelling in 2 heights, moulded cornice and skirting; panelled
window reveals. Rear right room has fireplace of fluted
Corinthian columns, architrave enriched with vine trails,
shaped shelf, and basket grate with anthemion side pieces:
moulded skirting and cornice; panelled window reveals; 6-panel
doors.
(Bartholomew City Guides: Hutchinson J and Palliser DM: York:
Edinburgh: 1980-: 167; City of York: RCHME: The Central Area:
HMSO: 1981-: 189).

Listing NGR: SE6038252049

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17549783

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