Description

YORK

SE5952NE CLIFTON
1112-1/7/206 (South West side)
14/06/54 Schoolhouse at St Peter's School
(Formerly Listed as:
CLIFTON
C19 block and Chapel at Royal School
of St Peter)

GV II

School. 1838 extended c1900. Original building by John Harper,
extended by WH Brierley. Grey brick in Flemish bond on moulded
stone plinth, with ashlar quoins and dressings; brick stacks
with stone cornices to slate roof.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys with attics; 3-bay projecting block to
left of 3-bay range connected at right angles by 2 link bays
to Hall range (qv). Projecting block has central porch with
4-centred arched opening flanked by squat weathered buttresses
and recessed glazed and panelled door. To left is gabled bay
with slender embattled octagonal turrets: central part is
shallow 2-storey square bay surmounted by embattled parapet
with windows of 4 mullioned and transomed lights on each
floor; attic window is single light deeply recessed in splayed
surround with 2-centred head and hoodmould. To right is full
height canted bay with 6-light window on ground floor, 4-light
windows on first and attic floors: ground and first floor
windows are sashes, transomed on ground floor; attic windows
are casements. All are in hollow chamfered ashlar surrounds.
Upper floor windows over porch are single lights in moulded
ashlar surrounds. Hollow moulded strings run over ground floor
windows, beneath first floor, beneath attic window sill and
gable coping; gable and canted bay have moulded copings.
3-bay range to right has 3-light ground floor windows with
transoms; on first floor, one pair of narrow 3-pane lights
between squat 12-pane sashes; 3 pairs of narrow 3-pane lights
to attic: all have ashlar surrounds, quoined on ground floor.
Hollow moulded eaves course extends from projecting block.
Linking bays have board door beneath flat canopy between fixed
light windows to right and with 5-light clerestory above;
similar 5-light window on first floor. Left bay has paired
12-pane sashes on each floor and moulded and corbelled brick
eaves courses beneath plain parapet.
Left return towards Clifton: gabled front is repeated, to
right of 2 bays with mullioned and transomed sash windows.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
Originally built as a Proprietary School by a company formed
by leading York citizens. In 1844 purchased by Dean and
Chapter and amalgamated with St Peter's School.
(An Inventory of the Historical Monuments of the City of York:
RCHME: Outside the City Walls East of the Ouse: HMSO: 1975-:
53).

Listing NGR: SE5962652610

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26550337

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