Description

YORK

SE6052SW HIGH PETERGATE
1112-1/27/469 (South West side)
14/06/54 Nos.31 AND 31A

GV II

Formerly known as: Nos.27 AND 28 HIGH PETERGATE.
Includes: No.52A STONEGATE.
Offices and flat. Front range C16, C15 range behind and early
C17 rear block amalgamated mid C19; altered mid C19 shopfront
and C20 extension at rear, accessed from Stonegate.
MATERIALS: all parts timber-framed: stucco front on painted
stone plinth, with timber shopfront and moulded cornice;
elsewhere is brick, red-brown in English garden-wall bond at
rear, incised render in places. Plain tile roof at front,
pantile and slate at rear; brick stack.
EXTERIOR: 2-storey 2-bay front, first floor jettied. Shopfront
framed in sunk-panel pilasters beneath dentilled cornice on
grooved consoles, 4 of which support urns. Central glazed and
panelled door and plain fanlight between shallow 3-light
elliptical bow windows over sunk panel risers: recessed doors
at each end converted to plate glass windows. At left of first
floor is 3-light canted bay window with 1-pane sashes framed
in pilasters as to shopfront: to right, two windows are double
glazed with 1-pane sashes at front, 2-light casements behind.
Windows have moulded architraves and painted stone sills.
Rear block: 2 storeys and attic; 1-bay. First floor has paired
sash windows, one of 12 panes, one of 16 panes; second floor,
one small-pane fixed light.
INTERIOR: of front and middle ranges. Ground floor: quarter
turn staircase to first floor has close string, slender turned
balusters, square newels with attached half-balusters and
moulded ramped-up handrail: below stairs, 3-panel door on H-L
hinges leads to cellar stairs. In rooms to right, small
cast-iron corner fireplace and chamfered brick fireplace
survive. First floor: front left room has C19 marble
fireplace; front right room fitted with square dado panelling,
retains half-glazed door to alcove cupboard; rear left room
has moulded dado rail and 6-panel door on L-hinges. In middle
range, two 3 fielded panel doors survive; mutilated crown post
truss visible in end gable wall.
Interior of rear block: first floor room has early C19
fireplace; second floor room lined with C17 run-through
panelling.
(City of York: RCHME: The Central Area: HMSO: 1981-: 186).

Listing NGR: SE6026352091

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26548919

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Recommended Books

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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living