Description

YORK

SE5950NW THE MOUNT
1112-1/24/1090 (South East side)
21/04/83 Nos.123 AND 125
Ambassador Hotel
(Formerly Listed as:
THE MOUNT
No.123)

GV II

Two houses, now hotel. 1833. Stucco with slate roofs.
EXTERIOR: No.123 is of 2 storeys plus attic and cellars and
No.125 is of 2 storeys plus cellars. Each has a symmetrical
3-bay facade, with a narrow C20 one-bay one-storey link.
The central bay of No.123 is recessed slightly. The outer bays
are flanked by giant pilasters and have single-storey timber
canted bay windows with cornices and with sashes divided into
horizontal-rectangular panes. The 1st floor windows are
similar and have architraves. The attic is lit by 3 gabled
dormers with casement windows, the outer ones now of UPVC. The
recessed centre contains a distyle porch, with fluted columns
in antis supporting an entablature. The cornice breaks
forwards on brackets at the centre to form a balcony, now
without railings. The inner doorway has a divided door, and
flanking lights with margin panes. The eaves are coved.
No.125 has single-storey sashed canted bay windows to its
outer bays, set on panels and with cornices. The 1st floor
windows are sashed, and the central bay projects slightly
under a narrow pediment. The porch has corner pilasters and a
cornice. The outer doorway has a semicircular head with
overlight, and panelled reveals. Timber cornice gutter.
At basement level C20 additions project forwards under a flat
roof which forms a terrace. C20 extensions to the left of
No.123.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
No.125 is included in the list for the first time.
(An Inventory of the Historical Monuments of the City of York:
RCHME: South-west of the Ouse: HMSO: 1972-: 127).

Listing NGR: SE5937250948

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26547937

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Recommended Books

• 
  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)