York Historic Environment Record

SE 55 NE SKELTON THE GREEN (north-east side, off) 4/81 Skelton Hall GV II House. 1824 with C20 alterations. Built for Mrs Mary Thompson, widow of Henry Thompson of Kirby Hall. White brick with Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys, 7 first-floor windows with central 5-bay section breaking forward. Double-leaf glazed door in Doric porch flanked by unequal 6-pane sashes. Left wing: three C20 casements. Right wing: C20 conservatory. First-floor band forms continuous sill to sashes with glazing bars. Flat brick arches to all windows. Band above first-floor windows. Wide cornice. Hipped roof to central section. Stacks to left end and rising through pitch of roof. Interior: much altered during conversion of house into 2 dwellings. Hallway has round arch held on fluted pilasters and moulded frieze. Doors to reception rooms in fluted architraves. Fine cast-iron grate to study. Original staircase with cast-iron balustrade survives but is no longer in original position. Stapleton and Thompson: Skelton Village 1971. Listing NGR: SE5690156620