Description

YORK

SE6051SW BISHOPHILL JUNIOR
1112-1/21/34 (North West side)
No.9
and railings and gate attached to
front

GV II

Vicarage, now lodging house; gate and railings attached to
front. Late C19. Vicarage possibly by James Demaine; gate and
railings probably by the Walker Foundry.
MATERIALS: orange-red brick in English garden wall bond,
banded with 2 courses of blue vitreous brick, and
incorporating length of dressed stone wall at left end; brick
plinth with chamfered stone plinth band, and window arches of
gauged brick. Slate roof with stone copings, roll finials and
shaped kneelers, and brick stacks. Front gate and railings of
cast-iron, on brick wall.
EXTERIOR: 2-storey 6-bay front, arranged 1:2:1:2, paired bays
forming cross-gabled projections; left end bay blind. Between
projecting bays, pointed arch of gauged brick contains 3 steps
leading to recessed 4-panel door beneath 2-centred overlight.
Cross-gabled bays have two 1-pane sash windows with painted
stone sills on each floor. Ground floor windows have cambered
heads beneath segmental arches; those on first floor have
square heads beneath 2-centred arches, with sandstone tympana
carved with chevron bands. First floor window over door has
sandstone lintel similarly carved. Gable ends have sandstone
panels carved with blind trefoils, beneath shaped arches.
Ground and first floor sill and impost bands, and gable attic
band.
Left return: 2 storeys, right end bay polygonal, left end with
1 window, behind lean-to outbuilding; irregular fenestration.
4-panelled back door with overlight beneath cambered brick
arch. On ground floor of polygonal bay is a full-height
segment-headed 6-pane sash window, approached by stone steps;
on first floor, a 4-pane sash; both have painted stone sills.
First floor window in left end is 16-pane sash. On upper floor
of outbuilding is pivoting window.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: railings at front are square section with
pointed tips, and set diagonally in brick wall with chamfered
stone coping. Gate of similar railings between turned
standards with bulb bases and ball finials.
Forms a group with the Church of St Mary (qv).
(Pace GG: Bishophill: York: York: 1974-: 5, 19).

Listing NGR: SE6000651493

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26550652

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