Description

YORK

SE5751SW FRONT STREET, Acomb
1112-1/18/1195 (North side)
No.27

GV II

House, now offices. Mid C18 with late C19 alterations. Brick
with some ashlar dressings. Slate mansard roof.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys plus attic. 3 bays. Except for the attic,
the windows are sashed without glazing bars and have segmental
heads. On the ground floor there is a late C19 brick canted
bay window with sandstone lintels. Above, there is a brick
storey band. The attic is lit by a single sashed flat-roofed
dormer. To the right there is a timber doorcase with fluted
pilasters, fluted brackets, an open pediment, a plain
semicircular overlight, and a door with 6 raised and fielded
panels. Modillioned gutter cornice. Chimneys to left and
right.
INTERIOR: not inspected. RCHM records original staircase with
turned baluster with square knop, turned newels and moulded
handrail. Moulded arch divides entrance-passage from stair
hall. Ground-floor room has original fireplace and flanking
round-headed cupboards. A similar fireplace on the first
floor.
(RCHME: City of York: South-west of the Ouse: HMSO: 1972-:
114).

Listing NGR: SE5736551305

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26549120

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Recommended Books

• 
  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)